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Cal  if  ornia-by-the-yard 

exclusive  at  one  fine  store 

in  most  cities  . . . 

at  about  5.00  the  yard. 

Write  for  store  name 

and  folder  showing 

patterns  in  full  color. 

Hoffman  California  Woolens, 

Los  Angeles  14,  California. 

Vogue  Pattern  No.  5825 


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Destined  for  adventure — the  complete  costume  for 
every  moment — here  or  there!  The  suit's  uncluttered 
lines  take  an  array  of  accessories — the  companion 
coat  is  casual  but  important  over  everything  you  own. 
Typically  Rosenblum  of  California  in  an  all-wool 
worsted  glen  plaid.  Brown  or  gray.  Sizes  10  to  20. 
-~„,V,  Complete  costume  $89. 95.  Suit  Shop  ( #36)  Second  Floor. 

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Sophie  Original  in 

Jardin  aux  Li  las  print 
by  Waldo  Pence 


Contemporary  American  Artists  Prints 

Great  Art  transposed  on  pure  silks. 

Styled  by  7%^  tf  ^t£«^s 

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1412  BROADWAY,  NEW  YORK  •   CHICAGO  •  LOS  ANGELES  •  MILLS,  EASTON,  PA. 


The  Artists* 

JULIEN  BINFORO 
DORIS  ROSENTHAL 
WALDO  PEIRCE 
DONG  KINGMAN 
WILLIAM  PALMER 
GLADYS  ROCKMORE  DAVIS 


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MAIL    ORDERS,    BUFFUMS'    YOUTH    LTD.     FOURTH     FLOOR 


Young  charmer  trio  by  jean,  dlOlOUV  of  Hope  Skillman's 
Sanforized  sheen  striped  cotton  shirting,  vat  dyed  in  rose,  yellow, 
or  blue  on  white. 

Lace-frosted  dress,  sizes  3-6,  $8.95;    7-14,   $9.95 

Sun  dress,  3-6,  $6.95;  7-14 $8.95 

2-piece  play  suit,  3-6,  $4.95;  7-14  .    .    .    .    $6.95 
Matching  hanky  pouch  and  sun  halo,  each    $2.95 


VOL     3  THE    CALIFORNIAN    is    published    monthly,    210    W.    Seventh    St.,    Los    Angeles    14,    California.      Subscription    price:    $3.00    per    year.     One  FEBRUARY 

dollar    additional    postage   outside    continental    United    States.     25    cents    a   copy.     Entered    as   second    class   matter   January    25,    1946,    at   the 


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Post    Office   at   Los   Angeles,    California,    under   the   act   of   March    3,    1879.     Copyright    1947   The    California!],    Inc.     Reproduction    in   whole   or 
part   forbidden    unless    specifically    authorized. 


1947 


beautiful  new  backsweep  ...  in  a  Lastex  swimsuit .  . . 
from  Cole's  "Westward  to  the  Sea"  beachwear  collection 


THE      CALIFORNIAN,      February,      194 


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Striking  Dramatization  of   1947  Fashion  Elegance 

Perfect-Fit  companion  classic 

.  .  .  suit  or  topcoat  from  $65.00  .  .  .  superb 

Kanmak  Worsted   Gabardines 

of  100%  virgin  wool,     in  pastel  shades 

with  Celanese  linings 


Series  Two 


Perfect-Fit  Tailleurs,  Inc.  •  manufacturers  of  Men's  &  Women's  Apparel  •  Los  Angeles  14,  Calif.  •  sold  exclusively  at  fine  stores  everywhere  •  nationally  advertised 


HE     CALI  FORN  I  AN,     February,      1947 


Here  are  same  deft  new  PLAY-TANO  casuals  being  worn  on  pretty  "dogs". . .  with  neatly 

turned  ankles.  Cleverly  conceived  to  bring  you  California's  idea  of  comfort . . .  in  choice  of 
popular  colors  and  leathers.  Now  featured  at  hundreds  of  better  stores. 
Write  for  the  name  of  your  nearest  dealer. 


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ORIGINALS 


CALIFORNIA  SHOES,  LTD.      2234  N.  Figueroa  St.,  Los  Angeles  31,  Calif. 


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MAKE-UP  B"  DOROTHY  GRAY 


Travelin'  the  Santa  Fe  Trail  in  another  Fashion  Forecast  by  Dorothy  O'Hara.  Amusing 

California  Authentics  handscreened  print,  "Santa  Fe  Train  Time"  combines  with  a  deftly  draped 

skirt  for  daytime  or  datetime.  On  fine  Enka  rayon,  woven  by  Stonecutter. 

Arnold  Constable,  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York;  Chas.  A.  Stevens  &  Co.,  Chicago;  H.  Liebes,  San  Francisco 


)OROTHY  O'HARA 


FASHION  FORECAST,  Inc.,  725  E.  Washington  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles 


Aquatic  is  the  word  for  it  — the  superbly-fitting 

swim  suit  in  delustered  elasticized  satin  Contro  with  elastic  back- 
banding  (patent  pending),  inner  Miracle  bra,  and  nary  a  zipper  fastening 
to  mar  the  beautiful  back.  At  topflight  stores  in  the  U.S.A.  and  Canada. 

1035   SANTEE   STREET,  LOS   ANGELES  15,  CALIFORNIA 


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Portrait  of  Spring 

Lnterpreleo  with 

consummate  artistry 
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B  E  M  B  E  R  G    is    the    registered    trade- mark    of    the 
G.   U.  S.   PAT.  OFF. 

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MERlWmbBEMBERG    CORPORATION 


STERN  -DEMARES 


Nylon  Lace  and 


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IE  IN  AMERICA'S  FINEST  STORES 
FOR  NAME  OF  NEAREST  STORE 


*Reg.  U.  S.  Pat.  Off.. 


DAMSEL  of  HOLLY  WOOD 


BY 


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Sleek,  water -loving  fabric  specially 

treated  for  action  in  the  surf.  Swashbuckling" 
design  styled  with  bravado  by 

Mary  Ann  DeWeese,  Brilliant  Stylist  for 


Cohama  Fabrics  — a  division  of 

United  Merchants  and  Manufacturers,  Inc. 


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Whether  you're  tiny  or  regal,  a  Bramble  Knit  by  Hollywood  Knitting  Mills  is  the  smartest,  easiest,  most 
happily  wearable  suit  we  know  to  bridge  the  gap  twixt  town  and  country.  All  wool,  soft  and  grand  to  feel  — 
processed  not  to  sag,  shrink,  stretch  or  wrinkle.    Sizes  all  the  way  from  a  tiny  12  to  a  stately  42!       $25.00 


MAIL    ORDERS    TO    CASUAL    COLONY       .       YOUNKERS       •       DES    MOINES    6,    IOWA 


JADE 

FROSTED  RASPBERRY 

GREY-  BLACK 

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Black  on  white ...  or  white  on  black  if  you'd  rather!  Crisp 
linen-like  fabric  to  wear  now  and  on  into  summer.  Dress, 
slack  suit,  playsuit  with  matching  skirt  from  Tabak's  col- 
lection of  interchangeable  casuals. 


TABAK    OF    CALIFORNIA  •  860   SO.  LOS   ANGELES   STREET  •  LOS  ANGELES  14,  CALIFORNIA 

THE     CALI  FORN  I  AN,     February,      1947 


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Sun-beatable  "players" 
excitingly  colored  from 
the  sea  and  sky.  Pat  Premo's 
"briefs"  for  beauty  in 
angles,  stripes  and  spots  . 


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BLOUSES  OF  CEIANESE  CREPE  TO  MATCH  COAT  LININGS 


ironderful  idea 


clothes  you  lore 


...  interchangeable,  coordinated 


in  mis-matchable  shades, 


seasonal  for  totrn  or  resort  trear 


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CALIFORNIA  BY       foakMuTtlaf. 


BARNEY  MAX,   407   EAST  PICO,   LOS   ANGELES,   CALIFORNIA 


J    Sally  Forth  designs  a  dress  like  an  inverted  calla  lily.. 
beautifully  slim  ...  wonderfully  flattering  ...  in  Sheer  Crepe. 
Roulette,  an  OSCAR  HAYMAN  fabric.  Sizes  10  to  18  and  9  to  1 
in  aqua,  mint  green,  coral  sun  (rose),  grey,  navy,  and  black. 


RAAB-HARMELL 


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THE      CALIFORNIAN,      February,      1947 


PETITE    CASUALS    are    sold    only    in    the    foremost 
fashion    stores    and    specialty    shops    of    America. 
For    name    of   store    nearest    you,    write    to: 

MITCHELL       AND       HOFFMAN 

208     WEST     EIGHTH     STREET 
LOS     ANGELES     14,    CALIFORNIA 


FOR    THE     PETITE     FIGURE 
5  -  F  E  E  T  -  5     OR     UNDER 

The  real  beaut)  of  this  definitely  photogenic  dress 
is  in  the  wonderful  things  it  does  for  the  usually 
hard-to-fit  petite  figure.  \o  sculptor  could  take 
greater  pains  to  make  his  work  anatomically 
perfect  It  fits  in  all  the  difficult  places,  with  seldom 
a  fret  about  alterations.  Golden-wafer  buttons 
heighten  the  interest  from  the  charming  rounded 
neckline  to  the  smartly  buckled  belt.  Impeccably 
tailored  in  one  of  the  choicest  of  fluid  fabrics— 
Roulette  Crepe,  an  Oscar  Dayman  fabric. 
Sizes  10  to  20 about  $18.00 


"SOMETHING     WONDERFUL    HAPPENS     WHEN     YOU    WEAR     CLOTHES     FROM     CALIFORNIA" 

THE      CALIFORNIAN,      February,      1947  19 


California  Fashions  in 

*"Botany"  Brand  Fabrics 

Caltex  bestows  its  superb  tailoring 
on  Botany's  all  worsted  Marchan 

gabardine  in  a  whole,  congenial 

family  of  coordinates.  Pictured... slim, 

long  slacks  that  stem  from  a  flattering 

waistband.  They  have  interchangeable 

counterparts  in  shorts,  short  slacks, 

a  casual  jacket  and  skirt.  Get  them  in 

dark  or  sunny  pastels  and  wear 
them  all  with  the  Hess-Goldsmith 
"Seagarden"  printed  shirt  blouse. 

The   slacks,   $22.95.     The   shirt  blouse,    $11.95. 


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CHERUB  PINAFORE  ...    a    lovable. 

ruffly,  baby  girl  dress  ...  so  very  special  for 
children  from  one  to  seven  years  old.  Made 
of  eyelet  batiste  in  delicate  colors  with  cherubs 
appliqued  in  contrast  .  .  .  and  a  big  bow  in 
the  back.  Just  the  gift  for  the  little  girl  who 
should  "have  everything."  Priced  at  $17.95. 
including  tax  and  postage.  (Indicate  color 
and  size.)  Binnie  Barnes'  Tot-Of-The-Town. 
13503  Ventura  Blvd.,  Sherman  Oaks,  Calif. 


GRACIOUS  GIVING  ...  a  luncheon 
set  for  important  hostessing.  Finely  woven 
cotton  in  soft  tones  of  green,  yellow,  blue, 
peach,  mauve  or  white.  Contrasting  design 
hand-embroidered  in  "old  world"  charming 
Swedish  darning  ...  all  edges  are  hand 
fringed.  The  set  of  four  place  mats  and  four 
napkins,  $13.95,  postpaid.  Specify  color  de- 
sired (better  mention  2nd  choice,  too).  From 
Handskills,  8118  W.  Third  Street,  Los  Angeles. 


CLOCKWISE  ...  a  cuckoo  clock  pin 
with  cuckoo  bird  and  a  little  pendulum  and 
weights  that  swing  as  you  walk.  It's  a  Corn 
piece  in  antiqued  gold,  jeweled  with  glitter 
ing  simulated  emeralds,  turquoise,  diamond.' 
and  topaz.  An  extra  strong  double  clip  holds 
it  safely  to  jacket  lapel  or  blouse.  Price,  $7.20, 
tax  and  postage  paid.  Daniels  of  Beverly  Hills. 
451  N.  Beverly  Drive,  Beverly  Hills,  Calif. 

BUCKLE-TWO  ...  a  black  beauty  of 
a  sport  belt  in  top  grain  cowhide  with  two 
gleaming  silver  buckles,  one  for  tightening 
to  the  east,  one  to  westward.  For  contrast  from 
its  all-over  black  are  tiny  white  stitches  all 
around  the  top  and  bottom  edges.  About  $5 
at  J.  L.  Hudson,  Detroit;  The  Emporium,  San 
Francisco;  Bullock's,  Los  Angeles,  and  other 
fine  stores.  From  Nelson  Power,  728  S.  Hill, 
Los   Angeles. 

RENO  RING  ...  the  broken  wedding 
band  for  the  gay,  or  not  so  gay.  A  novelty 
ring  .  .  .  not  to  be  taken  too  seriously.  In- 
scribed with  the  all-revealing  word  "FINIS." 
In  gold  or  silver  for  women  or  men.  It's  new 
and  it's  a  smart  way  to  face  facts  .  .  .  wear, 
one  on  your  little  finger.  At  better  stores 
throughout  the  country.  Created  by  Bing 
Richey  exclusively  for  Biltmore  Accessories, 
846  S.  Broadway,  Los  Angeles. 


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THE     CALIFORNIAN,     February,      19471 


CARRY  KIT  .  .  .  holds  quite  a  bit  of 
overnight  things  of  his  or  hers  .  .  .  like 
shave  sets,  toiletries,  cosmetics  and  such. 
Smooth  traveler"  you'll  be  if  you  have  one. 
Caramel  brown  and  beige  is  the  color  combina- 
tion .  .  .  embossed  leather  .  .  .  water  re- 
pellent lining.  The  extra  heavy  zipper  and 
hand-grip  will  please  the  globe  trotter  if  you 
give  him  one!  Exactly  $10,  including  tax 
and  mailing.  Hollywood  Saddlery.  Ltd..  6309 
Sunset  Blvd.,  Hollywood,  Calif. 


BELINDA  PINK  EARS  ...  the  bunny 
who  writes  letters  to  children.  An  Easter  or 
birthday  gift  to  delight  youngsters  from  two 
to  ten  years  old  ...  a  letter  a  week  and 
a  toy  surprise!  Put  your  little  friends'  names 
on  Belinda's  list  and  a  gift  card  listing  send- 
er's name  goes  with  first  letter.  Eight  letters, 
$1.95;  sixteen  letters,  $3.75.  Send  order  and 
check  to  Tiny-Tot  Gifts,  Dept.  2,  1834  W. 
11th  Place,  Los  Angeles. 

SPEC  CASE  .  .  .  made  of  lustrous  Plasti- 
Glo  ...  in  brown,  black  or  gay  shades  of 
green,  blue  or  red  .  .  .  edged  with  shiny 
brass  studs.  Fits  snugly  in  your  purse  .  .  . 
a  perfect  complement  for  her  harlequin-style 
or  jeweled  frames.  100%  wool-felt  lining  pro- 
tects glasses.  About  $1.95.  For  the  name  of  the 
store  nearest  you,  write  Phil  Sockett  Mfg. 
Co.,  1240  S.  Main,  Los  Angeles.  Firm  estab- 
lished in  1925. 


CALIFORNIA  DINNERWARE  .  .  . 

j  Santa  Anita  Pottery  .  .  .  for  interesting  table 
I  settings.  This  complete  service  includes  20 
j  pieces — four  each  of  large  dinner  plates,  bread 
land  butters,  cups,  saucers,  fruit  dishes.  Lus- 
icious  California  pastel  colors  equally  assorted 
I  in  set  .  .  .  powder  blue,  turquoise,  desert  sand, 
I  buttercup  yellow.  Just  $8.95.  Mail  order  and 
(check    to    Walker's    Department    Store,    San 

Diego,  Calif.  If  you  live  east  of  the  Mississippi, 

please  add  $1  for  delivery. 


'IDEAL  GIFT  .  .  .  Infanseat  ...  a  won- 
jderfully  handy  and  safe  way  to  take  baby 
j  any  place  .  .  .  designed  by  a  prominent 
i  pediatrician  with  particular  thought  to  proper 
]  support  from  one  month  on  .  .  .  perfect  for 
j  motoring,  trains,  planes  and  at  home  .  .  . 
j  simply  fastens  to  all  types  of  furniture.  At 
|Younkers  in  Des  Moines,  or  order  direct  from 
Infanseat  Co.,  Des  Moines,  Iowa.  Complete 
Iwith  cushioned   pad,   $6.50.   postage  paid. 


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California  Fashions  in 

*"Botany"  Brand  Fabrics 

Shining  example  of  Caltex's 

distinguished  tailoring . . .  our  new 
Caltex  Coordinates,  in  Botany's 
Marchan  all  worsted  gabardine. 
Besides  the  pleated  shorts  pictured,  the 

group  includes  slacks,  short  slacks 

and  a  casual  suit ...  all  interchangeable, 

all  with  a  new  waistband  that's 

stitched  to  stay  put  and  stay  pretty. 

Their  dark  and  sunny  pastels  are  linked 

to  the  hues  of  Hess-Goldsmith  s 

"Seagarden"  printed  shirt  blouse. 

The   shorts.    $12.15.   The  shirt    blouse,    $11.95. 


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PEASANT   PRETTY   ...    a   dream   of 

a  blouse  in  multi-filament  crepe.  Round,  deep 
collar  trimmed  with  rows  and  rows  of  fine 
French  val  lace.  Bare  shoulders  for  flirtatious 
fancy,  or  draw  the  string  at  the  neck  if  the 
occasion  calls  for  being  sedate.  Sizes  32-38. 
white  only.  Custom-styled  by  King  for  Daniels. 
Priced  at  $16.50,  including  tax  and  postage. 
Daniels  of  Beverly  Hills.  451  N.  Beverly  Drive, 
Beverly  Hills,  Calif. 

JEN-ETTE  ORIGINALS  .  .  .    shoulder 

pads  that  give  excellent  lines  and  dressy  dash 
to  your  set-in  sleeves.  Covered  with  black, 
white  or  nude  taffeta.  A  specially  tailored  Map 
holds  the  pad  in  shape  for  ever  and  a  day. 
Priced  about  S2  the  pair  at  B.  Altman,  New 
York:  Carson  Pirie  Scott,  Chicago;  J.  L. 
Hudson,  Detroit;  May  Co.,  Los  Angeles,  and 
other  fine  stores.  From  Jen-ette.  714  S.  I.ia 
Angeles  Street.  Los  Angeles. 

SMOKER-SMOOTHIE  ...  a  spring 

top  case  of  glossy  plastic  for  your  cigarettes; 
holds  them  snug,  keeps  them  fresh,  and  keeps 
tobacco  dust  out  of  your  purse  or  pockets. 
Colors  are  ruby,  tortoise,  amber  or  patent 
shiny  black.  Monogram  or  full  name  imprint- 
ed in  gold  lettering.  Price,  just  a  dollar  in 
the  mail  to  Weirick,  504  N.  Verdugo  Road. 
Glendale,  Calif.  Send  initials  or  name  with 
order   and    dollar,    natch. 


EASTER  LOVELY  .  .  .  Francisco  Gon- 
zales, the  candlemaker  in  Old  Los  Angeles,  de- 
lights in  special  orders,  and  his  prices  range 
from  5c  to  S25.  Any  shape  and  size,  matches 
colors  exactly,  choice  of  19  different  scents. 
His  suggestion  for  Easter  is  this  hand-woven 
basket  holding  eight  different  scented  candles 
(each  one  burns  "fifteen  hours!)  and  a  hand- 
painted  Mexican  pottery  candle  cup.  Just 
$2.98,  plus  38c  for  postage  please,  from  Gon- 
zales at  13  Olvpra  Street,  Los  Angeles. 


MARDI-GRAS  PAK  ...    the   tops   in 

gifts  to  personalize  .  .  .  five  dozen  brilliant 
bookmatches,  50  gay  cocktail  napkins,  25 
coasters  and  75  white,  ribbon-tied  luncheon 
napkins  in  a  transparent  gift  box.  Mono- 
grammed.  $6.50:  plain,  $4.75.  At  leading 
stores,  including  Rich's.  Inc.,  Atlanta,  Georgia : 
The  J.  K.  Gill  Co.,  Portland,  Oregon:  City  of 
Paris.  San  Francisco;  Bullock's-Wilshire,  Los 
Angeles.  Created  by  Monogram  Company  of 
California,   1244  Larkin   St.,  San  Francisco. 


THE      CALIFORNIAN,      February,      1947 


GOING   PLACES  AND   EATING   OUT 


GOING   PLACES  AND   EATING   OUT 

THE  CALIFORNIAN  presents  for  your  convenience  a  current  directory  of  the  finest  restaurants  in  Southern 
California,  cultural  events  of  interest  and  activities  that  make  living  in  California  or  a  visit  to  our  state  the 
most  enjoyable  for  you  and  your  family.  Fine  foods  of  many  kinds  are  available,  and  whenever  possible 
specialties  of  the  house  are  listed,  names  of  the  maitres  d'hotel  and  days  the  establishments  are  open.  Have 
a  good  time! 

THE  RESTAURANTS 


AMBASSADOR— 3400  Wilshire  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles. 
World-famous  Cocoanut  Grove  open  every  night  ex- 
cept Monday.  Saturday  afternoon  tea  dancing.  Freddy 
Martin's  Orchestra.  Dinners  from  $3.25.  Cover  $1, 
Saturday  $1.50.  Rouben.  Also  French  Room  from  noon 
till  nine  and  Coffee  Shop  from  7  a.m.  to  midnight. 
Popular    prices. 

ARMSTRONG  SCHROEDER—  9765  Wilshire  Blvd., 
Beverly  Hills.  Good  familv-tvpe  cuisine.  Reasonable 
prices,    with   Pete   Schroeder   to  greet  you. 

BAR  OF  MUSIC— 7351  Beverly  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles. 
Excellent  double-piano  on  a  stage  back  of  the  bar. 
Food.  Good  small  band.  Two-dollar  minimum  on 
Saturday    and    Sunday. 

DON  THE  BEACHCOMBER— 1727  North  McCadden 
Place,  Hollywood.  Fried  Shrimp,  Rumak'i,  Barbecued 
Spar  cribs,  Mandarin  Duck,  Chicken  Almond  and 
knovjn  as  originator  of  the  Zombie.  Dinners  from  $3. 
Usually  crowded,   but/good   tourist  spot. 

BEVERLY  HILLS  HOTEL— 9641  Sunset  Blvd.,  Bev- 
erly   Hills.    Paim    Room    open    Thursday,    Friday    and  „ 
Saturday  nights'  with  dancing.  Thursday  buffet,  $3.75. 
Dinner    a    la    carte,  from    $1.75.    Good    food    and    you 
might  see  a  movie  star. 

BEVERLY  -  WILSHIRE  HOTEL—  9415  Wilshire 
Blvd.,  Beverly  Hillst  Tasty  food  in  Copa  d'Oro  and 
Terrace    Room,    with    mediutn    prices. 

BILTMORE  BOWL— 515  South  Olive  St.,  Los  An- 
geles. Best  place  downtown  for  good  food  and  good 
music,  with  Russ  Morgan  playing.  Two-dollar  din- 
ners, nominal  cover  charge  and  two  floor  shows.  Nice 
for    tourists.    Closed    Monday. 

BOB  DALTON'S— 1056  South  La  Cienega  Blvd.,  Los 
Angeles.  On  famous  "Restaurant  Row,"  with  steaks 
ihe  specialty.   Reasonable   prices.    Closed   Monday. 

BROWN  DERBY— Four  of  'em!  9537  Wilshire  Blvd., 
Beverly  Hills,  where  vou  may  see  celebrities;  1628 
North  Vine  Street,  Hollywood,  where  vou  can  catch 
many  an  autograph  at  "lunch;  3377  Wilshire  Blvd., 
Los  Augejes,  where  you  can  dine  in  "The  Hat" 
with  tourists;  and  4500  Los  Feliz  Blvd.,  Los  An- 
geles, where  you  can  eat  in  your  car.  Food  varies 
From  good  to  excellent.  Prices  medium  to  high. 

BIT  O'  SWEDEN— 9051  Sunset  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles. 
On  the  famous  "Strip."  Good  food,,  reasonable  prices, 
sometimes  smorgasbord.    Fine   for   tourists. 

BUBL1CHKI— 8846  Sunset  Blvd-.,  Los  Angeles.  A 
bit  of  Russia  on  the  Strip.  Cutlet  a  la  Kiejf,  Filet 
Mignon  a  la  Stroganoff,  Caucasian  Shashlik,  Rus- 
sian Blini.  Dinners  from  $3;..  Host,  Wallv ;  hostess, 
Jasmina.  Good  music  and  rnmanticat.  Closed  Tuesdav, 

CAROLINA  PINES— 7315.  Melrose  Ave.,  Los  An- 
geles. Good  familv-tvpe  cuisine  and  very  easv  on 
the  pocketbook.  Prime  Ribf  di  Beef,  Fried  Chicken, 
Roast  Turkey,  Baked  Haiti.  Conventional.  11:45  to  8 
p.m.    Harriette  Miller. 

CASA  LA  GOLONDRINA— 35  Olvera  St.,  Los  An- 
geles, "the  first  brick  house  in  the  city."  Historic 
Mexican  cafe.  Arroz  con  Polio,  Enchiladas,  Tacos. 
Dinners   from    $2.    Alfredo.    Closed    Sunday. 

CHAROUCHKA— 8524  Sunset  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles. 
Another  bite  of  Russia  on  the  Strip.  Mamma  and 
Papa,  "your  hosts,"  excel  with  atmosphere,  food 
and  soothing  music.  You'll  meet  Tomrnv,  too.  Closed 
Monday,   and   prices  fairly   high. 

CHASEN'S-^9339  Beverly  Blvd.,  Beverly  Hills.  One 
of  the  best  in  the  West.  Excellent  cuisine  and  plentv 
of  celebrities.     Expensive.  Closed  Monday. 

CIRO'S—  8344  Sunset  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles.  On  the 
Strip  and  luxurious,  with  name  bands  for  dancing. 
Expensive.    Celebrities,    sometimes. 


COCK    'N*    BULL 9170    Sunset 

geles.     Fine    English    food    served 


Blvd.,  Los  An- 
i  chafing  dishes 
on  a  Hunt  Breakfast  table.  Cornish  Pastry,  Shep- 
herd's Pie,  India  Curry,  Steak  and  Kidney  Pudding. 
Lunch,  $1.50 ;  dinner,  $3.  Alma  Lloyd.  Open  from 
noon,    5:30   on    Sunday.     Good    for   the  discriminating. 

CRICKET  ON  THE  HEARTH— 806  North  La 
Cienega  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles.  New,  attractive  and 
excellent  English  food.  Blintzes,  too!  Old  English 
Bubble  and  Squeak,  Hungarian  Beef  Paprikash.  A  la 
carte,    reasonable.     Go. 

THE  GABLES— S462  W.  Third  St.,  Los  Angeles. 
Vienna  Schnitzel,  Chicken  Curry,  Steaks.  Dinners 
from  $1.75.  Henry  E.  Smith.  Open  4  p.m.  till  mid- 
night every  day  except  Monday. 

GOURMET— 6530  Sunset  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles.  Broiled 
Steaks,  Roast  Turkey,  Deep  Dish  Apple  Pie.  Dinners 
from  $1.  Frederick  Werder.  Lunch,  11:30-2:30; 
dinner,     5-S.    Closed    Monday. 

HAR-OMAR— 1605  North  lvar,  Hollywood.  Syrian- 
Armenian  cuisine.  A  step  off  Hollywood  Boulevard 
for  Shishkebab,  Kazartma,  Armenian  Pizza,  Paklava. 
Harout.   Open  every  day. 

HENRI'S— 9236  Sunset  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles.  Excellent 
French  food  served  in  the  grand  manner.  A  la  carte 
and    expensive,    but    for    the   discriminating. 

HOUSE  OF  MURPHY— La  Cienega  ."Restaurant 
Row"  at  Fourth  Street,  Los  Angeles.  Madame  Beguc's 
Chicken  Creole,  Hamburger  and  Onion  Rings,  Million 
Dollar  Hash.  Your  hqst,  Bob  Murphy.  Wonderful 
Salads,  Beautiful  Steaks.  A  la  carte,  medium  prices 
Open  every  day. 

KNOTT'S  BERRY  FARM— Buena  Park.  An  hour's 
drive  from  Los  Angeles,  but  a  tourist's  dream  as 
reported  in  Reader's  Digest.  Good  chicken  and  ham 
and  hot  biscuits.   Reasonable   prices.   Gift  shop. 

LA  RUE— 8633  Sunset  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles,  on  the 
Strip.  Tops  in  food  and  decor.  Crepes  Louise,  Crepes 
a  la  Reine,  Lasagne  Pasticciate,  Bref  Bourguignonne. 
From  noon  till  3  for  lunch  except  Sunday.  From  6  to 
11  p.m.  for  dinner.  Closed  Mondav.  Felix  Cigolini. 
A    la    carte    entrees   from    $2.25. 

LITTLE  GYPSY— 8917  Sunset  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles. 
Hungarian  food.  Kolozsvari  Stuffed  Cabbage,  Szege- 
diner  Paprika   Chicken.   Dinners  from  $2.  Leno. 

LAWRY'S  PRIME  RIB— 150  North  La  Cienega  Blvd., 
Beverly  Hills.  Continental  service  of  roast  beef.  Won- 
derful   for   tourists,    and    prices    are    reasonable. 

LINDY'S— 3656  Wilshire  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles.  A  good 
place    to   eat,    with    steaks    a    feature.    Closed    Monday. 

LUCEY'S—  5444  Melrose  Avenue,  Hollywood.  Good 
food,  medium  prices  and  across  the  street  from 
Paramount    Studio.     Movie    stars    abound    at    lunch. 

MARQUIS — On  the  Strip  in  Hollywood.  Spaghetti 
Marinara,  Veal  Picata  Marquis.  Paul.  From  5  to  9 
for    dinner.    Medium    to    high    prices.    Good    food. 

MIKE  LYMAN'S  OR  AL  LEVY'S— When  you're 
downtown  in  Los  Angeles.  Good  food,  same  man- 
agement.   Reasonable. 

MOCAMBO— 858S  Sunset  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles.  One 
of  the  Strip's  spots  for  movie  stars.  Colorful,  crowd- 
ed   and   expensive. 

PEGGY  CLEARY'S— "Talk  of  the  Town"  Restaurant 
at  1904  So.  Robertson  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles.  New  and 
attractive.  Scallopim  Piccate,  Stuffed  Squab,  Breast 
of  Guinea  Hen.  A  la  carte  and  prices  fairly  high, 
hut  the   food's   delicious.    Closed   Tuesday. 

PERINO'S— 3027    Wilshire    Blvd.,     Los    Angeles.     In 
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Aqua,  pink,  blue,  maize. 
Sizes  7  to  16. 

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the  heart  of  the  smart  shopping  area.  Excellent  food. 
A  favorite  luncheon  rendezvous  for  society. 

PICCADILLY— 848  No.  La  Cienega  Blvd.,  Los  An- 
geles. Fairly  new,  but  very  good,  with  Ernest  Vignati 
as  your   host.     Steaks. 

PIERRE'S — 2295  Huntingdon  Drive,  San  Marino.  On 
yoor  way  to  Santa  Anita.  A  good  crepes  suzette 
and  pleasant  atmosphere.  Charcoal-broiled  filet  mig- 
non,    too.     Pierre.    From    noon    till    9. 

PIG'N  WHISTLE  — In  Los  Angeles,  Hollywood, 
Pasadena  and  San  Francisco.  Also  operate  Melody 
Lane  Cafes  and  the  Chi  Chi  Restaurants  in  Long 
Beach,  San  Diego,  Riverside  and  Palm  Springs. 
Family    fare    at    reasonable    prices. 

PLAYERS — 8225  Sunset  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles.  Good  for 
tourists  and  you   might  see  a  movie  star.   Expensive. 

RICHLOR'S — 1?4  No.  La  Cienega  Blvd.,  Los  An- 
geles. Planked  Hamburgers  and  Fried  Shrimp.  Walter 
Frank.  Five  till  10:36  p.m.  Prices  reasonable.  Good 
for    tourists. 

ROMANOFF'S — 326  No.  Rodeo  Drive,  Beverly  Hills. 
Prince  Mike  caters  to  movie  stars,  writers  and  pro- 
ducers.   Expensive. 

SARNEZ— 170  No.  La  Cienega  Blvd.,  Beverly  Hills. 
Lew  Sailee  and  Harry  Ringland  have  an  attractive 
place,  with  good  food  and  good  music,  reasonably 
priced. 

SOMERSET  HOUSE— On  Restaurant  Row  in  Bev- 
erly Hills.  Fine  steaks,  a  la  carte  dinners,  nice 
atmosphere    and    expensive. 

SPORTSMAN'S  LODGE— 12833  Ventura  Blvd., 
North  Hollywood.  An  epicurean  delight  in  San  Fer- 
nando Vallev.  Broiled  Lobster,  Chicken  Saute  a  Sec, 
Charcoal-broiled  Steaks  in  a  gorgeous  setting.  One  of 
the  finest  restaurants  in  California.  Jack  Spiros.  From 
5 :30    p.m.     Closed    Monday. 

SUNSET  HOUSE— 5539  Sunset  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles. 
Steaks,  Seafood,  Salad  Bozvl.  Dinners  from  $1.50. 
S.    F.    Brown.    Every    day    from    five. 

TAIL  O'  THE  COCK-^77  So.  La  Cienega  Blvd., 
Los  Angeles,  on  Restaurant  Row.  Mac  McHenry  pro- 
vides excellent  food,  good  companions  and  a  pleasing 
atmosphere.  Hamburger  Diable  and  Fried  Shrimp  are 
specialties.  You'll  want  to  go  again  and  again,  and 
it's   reasonably  priced. 

TOWN  HOUSE—  2965  Wilshire  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles, 
overlooking  Lafayette  Park.  Three  smart  cafes  to 
serve  you  .  .  .  Garden  Room,  Cape  Cod  Grill 
and  ihe  Zebra  Room.  No  cover  or  minimum  for 
dancing  in  Zebra  and  Garden  Rooms.  Excellent  food 
and    a   good   spot   for   the   tourist. 

VAGABOND  HOUSE— 2505  Wilshire  Blvd.,  in  the 
heart  of  smart  Los  Angeles.  New  and  with  the  Don 
Blanding  touch.  Curries  their  specialty.  Dinners  from 
4  on.     George.    Prices  medium.   Open   every  day. 

VILLA  NOVA— 9015  Sunset  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles.  A 
charming  old  world  atmosphere  on  the  Sfrip.  Good 
Italian    food    and    good    service. 


THE  THEATRE 

PLAYS 


BILTMORE— "The  Story  of  Mary  Surratt,"  starring 
Dorothy  Gish  and  Kent  Smith,  ende  Feb.  8.  Every 
night  at  8:30;  matinees  Wednesday,  Saturday  at 
2:30. 

PASADENA  COMMUNITY  PLAYHOUSE— "Ten 
Little  Indians,"  by  Agatha  Christie,  ends  Feb.  2; 
"The  Late  George  Apley"  runs  Feb.  5  to  16  j  and 
World  Premiere  of  Tennessee  Williams'  "Stairs  to 
the  Roof"   billed   from   Feb.    19  to  Mar.   2. 

LAS  PALMAS  THEATRE  OF  ACTORS'  LAB— 
Four  one-act  plays  titled  "An  Evening  at  the  Lab," 
three  by  Tennessee,  Williams,  one  by  Sean  O'Casey. 
Vincent  Price  as  star.  Indefinite  run  into  February. 
16+2  No.  Las  Palmas,  Hollywood. 

MISSION    PLAY— Until    Feb.    26.    First   performance 

in    17    years    of    this    famous    pageant    of    early    Cali- 

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>utstanding  because  it's 

oned  of  ROULETTE  CREPE 

and  beautifully  styled  with 

ehise  lace  collar.  White  only. 

Sizes  32-38.  About  $8 

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forma  written  by  the  late  John  Steven  McGroarty, 
presented  in  newly  decorated  Mission  Playhouse 
in    San    Gabriel. 


MUSICALS 

THEATRE  MART— Continually  playing  "The  Drunk- 
ard" every  night  at  S.  Famous  old-time  melodrama 
with  beer  and  pretzels.  Wonderful  tourist  enter- 
tainment   and   good   for  the   entire  family. 

EL  CAPITAN— Ken  Murray's  "Blackouts  of  1947," 
starring  Marie  Wilson  and  Ken,  every  night  at 
8:30,  with  plenty  of  matinees.  Variety  entertain- 
ment  that   will    please.    Good   for   tourists. 

EL   PATIO— Gilbert  &   Sullivan   in   high   gear,   with 
"Pinafore"    closing    Feb.    2,    "The    Pirates    of    Penz 
ance"    billed    for    Feb.    4-9,    "The   Gondoliers"    from 
Feb.    11-19,   and   "Patience"   from   Feb.    18-23,    night- 
ly   at    S\ 

EARL  CARROLL'S  THEATRE  RESTAURANT— 
I  n  Hol  ly wood  for  the  tourist.  "The  Vanities' '  in  a 
new  show,  each  night  with  two  different  perform- 
ances at  9:15  and  midnight.  Girls.  Girls.  Three- 
thirty    with    dinner,    $1.65   without. 

VARIETY, 

TURNABOUT  THEATRE— The  Yale  Puppeteers 
and  Elsa  Lanchester  open  a  new  show  on  Feb.  4. 
Good    entertainment    you'll    want    to    enjov. 

BALLET 

ORIGINAL  BALLET  RUSSE— At  the  Philharmonic, 
giving  12  performances  from  Feb.  7  to  19.  Nightly 
at    8. 


CONCERT 

GREGOR   PIATIGORSKY— Cellist  in  concert  at  the 
Philharmonic    Feb.    4    at    8. 

JAN    PEERCE— Opera    star    in    concert    at    Philhar- 
monic  Feb.    5    at   8. 

RICHARD   CASADESUS— In    piano  concert  at   Phil- 
harmonic   Feb.    19    at    9. 

JANSSEN    SYMPHONY    ORCHESTRA— In    concert 
Feb.   26   at  Wilshire-Ebell  Theatre  at  8. 


OPERA 

SAN  CARLOS  OPERA  COMPANY— Opening  Feb. 
26  at  Philharmonic  with  "La  Boheme,"  followed  by 
"Rigoletto"  on  Feb.  27,  "Cavalerra  Rusticana"  and 
"Pagliacci"  Feb.  28,  with  "Madame  Butterfly"  and 
"Carmen*'    on    March    1.    Nightly    at    8. 


SPORTS 


ICE  HOCKEY — At  Pan  Pacific  Auditorium,  8  p.m.  | 
Feb.  1,  Hollywood  vs  San  Diego;  Feb.  5,  Los  An-  I 
geles  vs  Hollywood;  Feb.  7,  Los  Angeles  vs  San  I 
Francisco;  Feb.  8,  Los  Angeles  vs  Oakland;  Feb.  12, 
Hollywood  vs  Los  Angeles;  Feb.  14,  Los  Angeles  t 
vs  Fresno;  Feb.  15,  Los  Angeles  vs  Hollywood ;  I 
Feb.  19,  Hollywood  vs  New  Westminster;  Feb.  22,  I 
Hollywood  vs  San  Diego;  Feb.  26,  Los  Angeles  vs  V 
Fresno;   Feb.  28,  Hollywood  vs  Fresno. 

TENNIS — La  Jolla  Beach  and  Tennis  Club  Tourna-  I 
ment,  including  Davis  Cup  stars.  Men's  and  worn-  fci 
en's  singles,  doubles  and  mixed  doubles.  See  papers  I 
for   date. 

COLLEGE  BASKETBALL— UCLA:  Carroll  Sham-  j 
rocks  Feb.  7  at  8  in  University  gym.  Twentieth  I 
Century-Fox  Feb.  8  in  University  gym.  University 
of  California  Feb.  14-15  in  University  gym.  USC  I 
Feb.  28  in  Shrine  Auditorium.  USC  Mar.  1  in  I 
University    gym. 

USC :    Carroll    Shamrocks    Feb.     1    at    8    in    Long  I 
Beach    Municipal    Auditorium.    Stanford    Feb.    7-8    in  I 
Shrine  Auditorium.    University  of  California  Feb.  21-  | 
22   in   Shrine  Auditorium.    UCLA   Feb.   28   in   Shrine  j 
Auditorium    and    Mar.    1    in    UCLA    gym. 

PRO    BASKETBALL— At    Pan    Pacific    Auditorium: 
Feb.    2,    Los   Angeles-Oakland;    Feb.    6,   Los  Angeles-  [ 
Pocatello;    Feb.    9,    Hollywood-Pocatello;    Feb.    12,    Los 


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OING  PLACES 


Angeles-Phillips  Oilers;  Feb.  16,  Los  Angeles-Hollv- 
I'ood;    Feb.    23,    Hollywood-Phillips   Oilers. 

IORSE  RACING  —  At  Santa  Anita:  Tuesdays 
irough  Saturdays  at  1  p.m.  Feb.  8,  San  Antonio 
landicap,  $50,000  added,  for  3-vear-olds  and  up. 
eb.  22,  Santa  Marguerita  Handicap,  $50,000  added, 
or  3-year-olds  and  up,  fillies  and  mares.  Mar.  1, 
lama  Anita  Handicap  .  .  .  classic  of  the  year  .  .  . 
1100,000  added,  for  3-year-olds  and  up.  The  big 
ace ! 

[ASEBALL — Spring  training  of  Chicago  Cubs  be- 
;ins  on  or  about  Feb.  20  at  Santa  Catalina  Island. 
)aily  steamer  and  airplane  service. 

tOWLING — Beginning  of  American  Bowling  Con- 
gress in  Los  Angeles.  See  papers  for  alleys  and 
vents. 

tOXING — Every  Friday  night  at  8:30  at  Hollywood 
.egion  Stadium ;  every  Tuesday  night  at  8 :30  at 
owntown   Olympic  Auditorium. 

tASSLING-^Every  Monday  night  at  Hollywood 
^gion  Stadium;  every  Wednesday  night  at  down- 
own    Olympic   Auditorium. 

OLO — Regular  match  games  every  Sunday  at  2  at 
tiviera  Country  Club  Polo  Field,  off  Sunset  Blvd. 
m  the  way  to  the  beach. 


OF  SPECIAL  INTEREST 

JHERRY  BLOSSOMS— Hundreds  of  ^ acres  of  bloom- 
ng  orchards  cover  the  San  Gorgonio  Pass  area  in 
he  vicinity  of  Beaumont  and  Banning  on  your  way 
o   Palm    Springs. 

4UNTINGTON  GARDENS— Some  part  of  the  exten- 
ive  30-acre  cactus  and  flower  gardens  of  the  Hunt- 
ngton  Library  and  Art  Gallery  in  Pasadena  will  be 
n  bloom  at  all  times.  Among  the  most  beautiful 
ire   roses,    fruit   trees,    magnolias,    erythrinas. 

KLMOND  BLOSSOMS— During  the  first  three 
[weeks  of  this^  month  more  than  1000  acres  of  al- 
mond trees  will  be  in  bloom  near  Banning,  with  a 
snow-capped  mountain  background.  You'll  smell  'em 
For    miles    around. 

WILD  LUPINE— Expected  to  be  in  full  bloom  in  the 
Palos  Verdes  hills  near  San  Pedro.  Get  wild 
mower  details  from  Community  Visitors  Bureau,  517 
KV.    Sixth    St.,    Loi    Angeles. 


CAMELLIA  SHOW— Sponsored  bv  the  Glendale 
Camellia  Society  Feb.  15-16  in  the  Glendale  Civic 
\  Auditorium.   A  must  to  see. 

FAIR  AND  DATE  FESTIVAL— Riverside  County 
Fair  and  Date  Festival,  featuring  displays  of  dates, 
citrus  and  other  agricultural  products,  at  Indio  be- 
ginning  about    Feb.    20. 

KITE  DERBY — First  annual,  sponsored  by  Youth 
Department  of  Moose  Club,  in  City  of  Glendale. 
1000    contestant!.    Late    in    February. 

CHINESE  NEW  YEAR— From  Jan.  28  to  Feb.  4  in 
Los  Angeles  and  San  Francisco.  Colorful  celebra- 
ion  with  noise  and  glamor. 


LOVE  NOTE 

However  pleased  she  may  have  been 
With   her   pigtails   all   the   while. 

A  girl  will  change  to  an  up-sweep  in 
The  space  of  her  dream-man's  smile. 
— S.   II.   Dewhurst 

THE      CAUPORNIAN,      February,      1947 


I/out  loveliest  you. . . 

In  an  exquisitely  fashioned 

Mam'zelle  Bandeau  .  .  . 

so  superbly  uplifting 

your  figure  attains 

all  the  graceful  splendor  of  youth  . 

so  fresh  .  . .  so  young  .  .  . 

so  alluring  .  .  . 


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LOS    ANGELES    15,   CALIFORNIA 

At   leading  stores   throughout   the    west 


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Fine  food  in  an  atmosphere 
of  convivial  friendliness! 


LOS  ANGELES  RESTAURANT  ROW 
Where  La  Cienega  Crosses  Fourth 

CR  5-0191 
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Palo  Alto,  California 

Country  Dinner  in 
authentic     Victorian 

surroundings 
Browse   through  our 
shops   of  yesteryear 

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two  miles  south 
of  Stanford 
University 


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On  Ohe 
Hearth 


CONTINENTAL  FAVORITES 

for  your  discerning  taste 

FROM  11  A.  M.  TILL  THE  WEE  HOURS 

806   N.   LA   CIENEGA   BLVD. 
HOLLYWOOD,  CALIFORNIA 


Sounds  silly  .  .  .  but  Grandma's  idea  of 
the  Sunday  parlor  wasn't  such  a  bad  one.  At 
least,  when  she  needed  a  retreat  ...  a  cool- 
ing off  spot  .  .  .  she  didn't  have  to  hop  a 
freight  or  move  to  the  nearby  dog  house.  All 
of  which  leads  to  the  suggestion  that,  when- 
ever possible,  it's  a  good  plan  to  have  a  nook 
that's  neat  and  clean,  ready  for  anything 
.  .  .  unexpected  guests  or  simply  an  orderly 
haven  for  meditative  moments.  Try  it  .  .  . 
with  an  alcove,  a  bay  window,  a  patio  corner 
...  a  vine-covered  porch. 

LEISURE  DINING 

If  there's  just  a  touch  of  the  "live-to-eat" 
attitude  in  your  makeup,  then  dining  is  one 
of  those  joys  you  look  forward  to  all  day 
long,  savor  during  the  process  and  relax  in 
comfort  and  well-being  afterwards.  Set  the 
stage  with  an  attractive  table,  candles  flicker- 
ing merrily;  start  your  dinner  with  a  hot  soup 
or  a  cold,  cold  appetizer.  Such  a  preface  puts 
you  and  your  stomach  into  a  happily  recep- 
tive mood  for  what  follows.  You'H  eat  slowly 
.  .  .  you'll  converse  pleasantly  .  .  .  and  all 
the  day's  kinks  will  be  absorbed  come  coffee 
and   dessert   time. 

HOUSEKEEPING  CAN  BE  FUN 

But  .  .  .  not  when  it's  a  helter-skelter 
process.  The  happiest  women  we  know  have 
worked  out  a  sort  of  organization  plan  which 
is  firm  enough  to  keep  major  operations  un- 
der control,  yet  elastic  enough  to  cover  spon- 
taneous departures  such  as  a  day  in  town,  a 
walk  in  the  woods,  or  a  whole  day  with  a 
good  book.  Takes  a  little  planning,  of  course. 
But  .  .  .  it's  worth  it  because  everyone  needs 
to  play  hooky  sometimes. 

SILENCE  IS  GOLDEN 

Haven't  you  noticed  how  sometimes  your 
tongue  seems  to  hinge  from  the  middle  and 
work  from  both  ends?  Such  a  gab-habit  is 
a  sure  sign  that  poise  is  exhausted  for  the 
nonce.  So,  next  time  you  catch  yourself  in 
tongue-twitch  form,  take  a  firm  hold  of  your 
vocal  chords  .  .  .  and  be  quiet.  Some  of  the 
most  companionable  moments  in  the  world  are 
those  in  which  nothing  is  said.  And,  ten  to 
one  if  your  companion  is  male,  he'll  pick 
your  silent  session  to  laud  your  conversational 
abilities. 

HANDY  HINT 

It's  a  well-known  fact  that  age  first  betrays 
itself  in  milady's  hands.  But,  it  need  not  be  so 
...  if  you  add  your  hands  to  your  scheduled 
beauty  routine.  When  you're  working  in  wa- 
ter ..  .  scrubbing  powders,  ete.,  try  wearing 
rubber  gloves  .  .  .  first  rubbing  a  good 
emollient  into  your  hands.  Another  hint:  Once 
weekly  bathe  hands  in  solution  of  warm  water 
and   juice  of  one-half  a  lemon. 


SUNSET    1-6609 
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EXCELLENT    CUISINE     ^ 

COCKTAILS 

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AT  COLOWATER  CANYON 


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Angelenos  get  together 
for  our  famous  luncheons 
and  dinners  .  .  . 
on  Beverly  Hills' 
"Restaurant  Row" 


MISS  AMf  RICA 

MARILYN    BUFERD 


WASHABLE 

lEveraUze 

F  A  B  R  I  C      F  I  N  I  S  H 

*"Everglaze"is  a  trade-mark  which  signifies  the 
fabric  has  been  finished  and  tested  according 
to  processes  and  standards  controlled  and 
prescribed  by  Joseph  Bancroft  &  Sons  Co. 


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'M  ekcktf  cut,  <WX... 

your  loveliness  will  be  not  only  a  gift  of  nature,  but 
tbe  fulfillment  of  your  beauty  babits  practiced  over 
the  years  through  the  faithful  use  of  preparations  by 


Wwdeft 


OF  CALIFORNIA 


greets  the  spring 


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MORRIS     &     FYNE     CORP. 


with  pure  silk  prints 


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Harem  Draped  Patio  Suit.  . .  designed  by 

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California  Fabric.    Cbinese  seal  velembossed. 
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THE     C  AL  I  FORN  I  AN,     February,      1947 


fabric 


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Peggy  Hunt  deftly  fashions  a  Star  Poppy  print  to  bare  your  back,  the 
gold-belted  waist  enhanced  by  a  peplum  flowing  to  the  hemline. 
A  hand  print  on  supple  Enka  rayon,  woven  by  Stonecutter.  Yours  at 
B.  Altman,  New  York;  Neiman-Marcus,  Dallas;  Bullock's,  Los  Angeles. 

X  ilfCrOl      HUNT   INC.,  714  So.  Los  Angeles  Street,  Los  Angeles.  Calif. 


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at  bottttie  best 

On  top  of  the  world  are  these  sportswear  originals  by  LOUELLA  BALLERINO  ...  of 
the  inspired  Horse  and  Saddle  handscreened  print  by  California  Authentics.  Shirt  and 
slacks,  or  sundress  with  bolero,  in  sizes  10-16. 


at  both  shops  .  .  .  SAN  FERNANDO  VALLEY  and  BEVERLY  HILLS 


boivnle  beat 


12668    Ventura   Blvd.  (San    Fernando   Valley) 
319    N.    Beverly    Drive   (Beverly    Hills) 


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ROLLEY,   America's  unique  quality  perfumer,  captures 
the  true  tropical  fragrances  of  these  blossoms  ...  in 
perfumes  acclaimed  for  their  authenticity  by  native  Hawaiians. 
Rich,  alluring,  exceptionally  lasting  in  quality. . .  also  available 
in  matching  cologne,  body  talc,  bath  oil,  and  hand  creme. 


±U)11 

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Creator  of  the  World's  only  True  Daphne  Fragrance 
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1 1  E      CALIFORNIAN,      February,      1947 


37 


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An  Irving  Schechter  hand-lined  Flare-Away  suit  of 
hand-worsted,  all-wool  serge.  Misses  and  Juniors. 
Hand-lined  with  SKINNER'S  rayon  satin  .  .  .  also 
with  short  peplums  for  dinner  wear.  About  $60. 

May    Co.,    Los    Angeles;    Jordan    Marsh,    Boston;    Cricket    West,    Kansas    City,    Mo. 
Or  write   us  for   name  of  your   nearest  store. 


719    SOUTH    LOS    ANGELES    ST.    ■     LOS    ANGELES    14,    CALIFORNIA 

38 


JED  TUCKER  Sf 


on  record 


J 


A  he  phpnograph  record  business  is  making  far  greater  strides  ii 
postwar  progress  than  many  another  industry,  mechanically  as  wel 
artistically  speaking.  And  further  spur  to  this  encouraging  condi 
is  the  influx  of  foreign  pressings  of  such  excellent  quality  as  to  cl 
lenge  the  best  Made-in-the-U.S.  brands  ...  a  competition  hithertj 
lacking,  for  prewar  imports  did  not  match  in  mechanical  perfectift 
their  musical  quality. 

The  foreign  records,  naturally  enough,  are  entries  in  the  seriousl 
symphonic  division,  as  overseas  jive  has'  yet  to  come  close  to  horrtt 
grown  products.  Best  of  the  new  crop  are  the  English  Decca  offering 
which  are  truly  sensational  in  their  magnificent  tone  and  accuracy,  I 
corded  with  a  care  that  Decca  in  this  country  has  yet  to  lavish  01 
either  popular  or  symphonic   music.    Keep  an  ear  out  for  them. 

A  bit  unexpected  is  the  generally  superb  output  of  Italian  records 
considering  the  economic  condition  of  Italy.  First  to  reach  these  shoffi 
are  some  very  mellow  and  beautifully  recorded  arias  by  the  celebrate 
new  Italian  tenor  Tagliarini  whose  appearance  at  the  Met  is  caged' 
awaited. 

For  what  can  be  done  in  these,  our  own  United  States,  however,  listei 
to  Moussorgsky's  "Pictures  at  an  Exhibition"  as  recorded  with  th 
Ravel  orchestration  by  Artur  Rodzinsky  and  the  New  York  Philharmoni 
for  Columbia.  This  album  takes  a  back  seat  to  no  other  waxings  eitffl 
technically  or  musically. 

And   one   more   tip   to   lovers   of   fine   chamber   music   .   .   .   watch 
Victor's   output  of  records   by  the   Paganini   String  Quartet,   a   chambt 
group  signed  for  top-spot  recording  before  it  was  ever  heard  in  concffl 
— as  satisfying  a  group  of  string-players  as  you'll  come  across. 
NEW  OPERA  ALBUMS 

"Carmen,"  in  which  Bizet's  heroine  (?)  is  sung  by  Gladys  Swarthou 
who  is  like  olives  (you  like  her  or  you  don't).  Chorus,  orchestra  an 
general   production   are  outstanding.    Victor. 

"Madame  Butterfly"  album  including  the  best-known  arias  and  di 
from  Puccini's  best-known  work,  very  nicely  sung  by  Lucia  Alban' 
James  Melton  and  Lucielle  Browning.  Victor. 
KID  STUFF 

"Rusty  in  Orcliestraville,"  an  educational  and  completely  appe^ 
musical  story  really  designed  for  the  child  audience.  Capitol. 

"Rapunzel,"  first  of  a  series  of  Grimm's  fairy  tales  as  related 
Dame  May  Whitly  in  a  manner  that  is  as  grandmotherly  as  could 
and   very   likeable.    Victor. 

"  Erbert's    'Appy    Birthday,"    a    gay,    amusing    story    of    an    En 
bulldog   with   chuckles   for   young   listeners. 
SONG  AND  DANCE 

King  Cole  Trio's  latest,  and  need  we  say  more,  is  "But  She's 
Buddy's  Chick"  and  "That's  The  Beginning  of  the  End."   Capitol. 

Ivie  Anderson,  heard  far  too  seldom,  waxes  "Mexico  Joe"  and 
Me  The  Blues"  for  her  discriminating  admirers.   Exclusive. 

Spike  Jones  puts  a  new  light  on   both   Rimsky-Koraskorf  and  Fro 
Martin  in  his  and   the  City  Slickers'  varsion  of  "Flight  of  the   Bum! 
Bee.'    Reverse  side,   "My   Pretty   Girl."    Victor. 

Betty  Hutton  has  a  new  and  characteristic  release.  'Don't  Tell  1 
That  Story,"  tailor-made  to  her  talents,  backed  up  by  "On  The  0th1 
End  of  a  Kiss."   Victor. 

Margaret  Whiting  has  another  goodie  after  a  few  so-so  platters 
"Oh  But  I  Do,"  with  "Guilty"  on  the  other  side  if  you  ever  get  aroi 
to  playing  it.    Capitol. 

Desi    Arnaz    plays    a    pair    of    Latin    numbers    in    smooth    night 
fashion.    Better  of  the  two  is  "I'll  Never  Love  Again   (La  Borrachi 
in   bolero   rhvthm.   "Tia   Juana"   on    the   reverse.    Victor. 


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....    For  living 

Californian   ] 

Something  New 

"THE  STAR  EAGLE  TA 

All  Aluminum  —  use  it  in  your  living  rt 
the  terrace,  or  in  the  patio.  Beautifi 
made  tray  top,  stain  proof.  Weight  e 
pounds.  (Heavy  enough  to  stand  f irr 
Aluminum  base  available  in  your  cr 
colors  —  white,  grey,  green,  or  black 
Size:  18"  wide,  35"  long,  and  16"  hi 
Price:  $29.50 

satisfaction  guaranteed 
No  C.O.D.'s,  please.  Express  Col 
Booklet  on  request 

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Cover  girls:  Louise  Currie, 
to  be  seen  in  "Backlash," 
Sol  M.  Wurtzel  Production 
for  20th  Century-Fox,  with 
her  real  daughter,  Sharon 
Whitney  .  .  .  right  in  the 
swim  in  alikeable  suits  of 
Bates  poplin,  from  Cole  of 
California.  Mother's  suit, 
about  $11;  child's,  about  $4, 
sunbonnet  $3  ...  at  Buf- 
fums',  Long  Beach;  Neiman 
Marcus,  Dallas ;  Burdine's, 
Miami.  Lipstick,  Revlon's 
Ultra  Violet.  Earl  Scott  photo. 


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(AUFOINIAN 


VOL.   Ill   NO.   1 


FEBRUARY    1947 


Editor  and  Publisher 
J.  R.  Osherenko 

Vice  President 
&  Advertising  Director 
Herman  Sonnabend 

Managing  Editor 
Donald  A.  Carlson 

Fashion  Director 

Sally  Dickason  Carolin 

Art  Director 

Charles  Gruen 

Fashions 

Peggy  Hippee 
Diana  Stokes 
Jacquelin  Lary 
Serene  Rosenberg 

Art 

Andree  Golbin 
Morris  Ovsey    . 
Bud  Mozur 

Features 

Virginia  Seal  I o  n 
Frances  Anderson 

Merchandising 

Loise  Abrahamson 

Food  Stylist 

Helen  Evans  Brown 

Production 

Daniel  Saxon 
-Robert  Farnham 


CALIFORNIA  FASHIONS 

Let's  Have  a  Party 46 

One  to  Grow  On 48 

Two  to  be  Good 50 

Three  to  go  Places  52 

And  For  Birthdays  to  Come 54 

Glory  Story  in  Print  60 

Printed  Invitations  62 

And  Party  Refreshments  64 

Suits:  For  Today's  Show 66 

Suits:  Current  Favorites  68 

Paula  Drew,  Snow  Queen  77 

Dressing  by  Design  84 

Courting  the  Sun , 86 

What  to  Wear  in  California  in  February 87 

New  Ideas  in  Men's  Fashions.. 90 

CALIFORNIA  FEATURES 

"'San  Fernando  Valley  is  My  Home" 56 

So  You  Want  to  be  a  Model,  by  Jane  Newton 74 

In  California  It's 76 

A  Young  Man's  Love  88 

In  Early  California,  by  Margaret  Chamberlin  94 

CALIFORNIA  FICTION 

Pearls  Are  Always  Correct  82 

CALIFORNIA  BEAUTY 

Relax  .  .  .  And  Enjoy  It!    by  Sharon  Terrill 72 

CALIFORNIA  LIVING 

An  Interior  Decorator  Does  Her  Homework 78 

California  Cooks,  by  Helen  Evans  Brown 80 


THE  CALIFORNIAN  is  published  monthly,  210  W.  Seventh  St.,  Los  Angeles  14,  Cali- 
fornia, Michigan  8571.  New  York  Office,  Saul  Silverman,  Eastern  Advertising  Manager, 
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St.,  EXbrook  2704.  Subscription  price:  $3.00  per  year.  One  dollar  additional  postage  out- 
side continental  United  States.  25c  per  copy.  Entered  as  second  class  matter  January  25, 
1946,  at  the  Post  Office  at  Los  Angeles,  California,  under  the  act  of  March  3,  1S79. 
Copyright  1947  The  California™,  Inc.  Reproduction  in  whole  or  part  forbidden  unless 
specifically    authorized. 


For  That  Sunny  Feeling  On  Rainy  Days 


Six  colors:  Natural,  Air  Force  Blue,  Dew  Gray,  Maize  or  Black. 
Available  at:  The  Broadway  Stores,  California;  J.  L.  Hudson, 
Detroit;  Pogue's,  Cincinnati;  or  write  us  for  the  name  of  your 
nearest  store. 


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(AUFORNIAN 


is  one  year  old. 


We  on  the  staff  feel  that  our  First 
Birthday  issue  is  more  than  just  this  month's  maga- 
zine.   It's  a  symbol  of  growth  as  significant 
as    a    child's     birthday    cake    with    its    candles. 
Actually,  preparing  a  magazine  is  some- 
thing like  baking  a  cake:  the  publishers  start  it, 
the  recipe's  theirs  .  .  .  the  fashion  staff 
brings    in   new   styles   galore   .    .    .    the   editors   sift 
them,   mix   well   with  some   features,   add 
humor  and  leaven  .  .  .  the  artists  stir  everything 
up,  season  with  pictures  and  sketches   .   .   .   and  we 
all  stand  around  like  kids  in  the  kitchen  ...  on 
tiptoe,  holding  our  breath  in  hopes  that 
"what   comes   out"    will   be   thoroughly    good. 
Then    the    pages    come    off    the    presses,    they're 
covered  with  colored  confection  .  .  .  it's  ready! 
.  .  .  THE  CALIFORNIAN  is  served  on  the  news- 
stands or  sent  through  the  mails  to  a  half 
million  readers.    You,  and  yours. 


lave  a 


he  californian's 


irsf  birthday  calls 


or  a  celebration  . 


•  First  birthdays  are  most  exciting  of  all,  so 
we're  in  the  mood  to  celebrate!  And  from 
our  year-old  point  of  view,  we've  chosen  Cali- 
fornia clothes  for  your  young  fashion  plates 
.  .  .  gathered  them  round  our  birthday  cake 
.  .  .  just  to  let  them  show  off.  These  are  the 
things  youngsters  love,  sprightly  originals  that 
encourage  carefree  play  in  the  sunshine.  Left 
to  right,  Picture  Modes  bloomer  sunsuit  with 
contrasting  pinafore,  a  ruffled  Susie  Cutie  in 
delightful  pastels,  sizes  2-6,  about  $11  at 
Stix,  Baer  &  Fuller,  St.  Louis;  Abraham  & 
Strauss,  Brooklyn.  The  demure  little  polka  dot 
sun  dress  by  Little  Darling  has  bloomers  be- 
neath, sanforized  cotton,  sizes  2-4-6,  about  $5 
at  The  Emporium,  San  Francisco;  Carson 
Pirie  Scott,  Chicago.  Jean  Durain  puts  bows 
on  pockets  and  bib  of  striped  sun  dress,  sizes 
2-6,  7-14,  about  $7  (small),  $8  (larger),  at 
Buff  urns',  Long  Beach;  Maison  Blanc,  New 
Orleans;  Bambergers,  Newark.  From  Little 
and  Martin,  a  rumba  suit  with  ruffles  galore, 
in  Starspun  cotton,  sizes  1-6,  about  $4  at  Saks 
Fifth  Avenue,  Beverly  Hills;  Mary  Lewis,  New 
York  City.  Bloomer  suit  with  drop  shoulder 
like  mother's  own,  by  Juniors  Inc.,  easy-to^ron 
in  Dan  River  Crosscord,  sizes  7-14,  about  $4 
at  J.  W.  Robinson,  Los  Angeles;  Lord  & 
Taylor,  New  York;  Burdine's,  Miami.  Terrie 
Togs  broadcloth  pinafore,  ruffled  and  em- 
broidered pastels,  sizes  1-6,  about  $6  at  May 
Company,  Los  Angeles;  Daniels  and  Fisher, 
Denver;  L.  S.  Ayres,  Indianapolis.  Left,  this 
page,  a  dear,  tiered  skirt  with  panties  to 
match,  Sally  'n'  Susan  Togs  sizes  2-6,  about 
$3  at  Fairchild's,  Beverly  Hills;  Abraham  & 
Strauss,  Brooklyn.  Right,  Johnny  Lee  midriff 
playsuit  with  dirndl  skirt,  in  Harlequin  seer- 
sucker, sizes  7-12,  about  $8  at  O'Connor, 
Moffatt  &  Co.,  San  Francisco;  Carson  Pirie 
Scott,  Chicago;  Burdine's,  Miami. 


party! 


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47 


ONE    TO    GRO 


ON 


PHOTOGRAPHED    BY   LARRY   VERNON 


■  SHOES   ALL    POLISHED,    VERY    BEST   BIB    AND   TUCKER,   AND  SO  ...   TO  THE  BARBER  FOR  A  SURE- 
ENOUGH   HAIRCUT.  OPPOSITE  PAGE,  LEFT  TO  RIGHT:   "FIRST    VISITS"    ARE   FUN    IN    KNOX   KNIT'S 
BROTHER-SISTER    SUITS.     LIKE    SWEATERS    TOP    HIS    SUSPENDER  PANTS,   HER  SUSPENDER   SKIRT.    PASTEL  COM- 
BINATIONS,   ALL-WOOL.      SWEATERS    ABOUT    $5;    PANTS,    $6;    SKIRT,    $6,    AT   COULTER'S,    LOS    ANGELES; 
NE1MAN    MARCUS,   DALLAS;   DE  PINNA'S,  NEW  YORK.     B  THIS    PAGE:    ONCE    OVER    LIGHTLY    FOR 
THIS  OLDTIMER  IN  A  REAL  WHITE  SHIRT  FROM  METROPOLITAN    SPORTSWEAR,    TWILL    SLACKS    FROM 
DON    RANCHO    JR.      SHIRT    ABOUT    $3.50;    TROUSERS,    $4,    AT   DESMOND'S,    LOS    ANGELES; 
J.   L.    HUDSON,   DETROIT;    EMERY-BIRD-THAYER,   KANSAS    CITY. 


49 


TWO   TO    BE   MERRY,    TWO  TO  HAVE  FUN   .  .   .   DAD'S  BEST  GIRLS  ON   A   HOLIDAY 


OVER  SODAS   SO-BIG  AND   SLIDES  THAT  SWOOP  'ROUND.    AND  MOTHER'S  A  GAL'S  BEST  PLAY- 


MATE WITH   A  WARDROBE  THAT  MATCHES  A  L'.TTLE  GIRL'S  EXCITEMENT.    SKIRTS  .ARE  FULL,  SLEEVES 


ARE    PUFFED,    COLLARS    ARE    CIRCULAR,   FANCIFUL.     THIS   PAGE:  ALIKABLES  FROM   SABA  WITH 


RUFFLE-EDGED   COLLARS,   GIANT   BOWS   IN   BACK,   TISSUE   GINGHAM  BY  EVERFAST.    LITTLE  ONE'S,  3-6,  ABOUT  $9; 


MOTHER'S,  9-15,  .ABOUT  $11,  AT  SHILLITO'S,   CINCINNATI;    H.   P.   WASSON,   INDIANAPOLIS;   GIMBEL'S, 


PHILADELPHIA.   OPPOSITE  PACE:   CRISP   LITTLE   DRESSES   OF  WHITE  WAFFLE  PIQUE  BY"   LOUELLA  BALLER1NO. 


DAUGHTER'S,  2-6,  $15;  MOTHER'S.  9-17,  10-18,  $20,  AT  CARSON  PIRIE  SCOTT,  CHICAGO;  JOSEPH  HORNE,  PITTSBURGH. 


TWO 


50 


rO    BE    GOOD 


5,1 


THREE  TO  GO   PLACES,   TO   HAVE   A   GOOD   TIME,  TO   WEAR   LOOK-ALIKE    COLORS 


AND    STYLES.     YOU'LL    KNOW    MOTHER    BY    HER    KNIT    SUIT    THAT    MAKES 


UP    WELL    IN     YOUNGER    VERSIONS    FOR    SON    AND    DAUGHTER.      YOU'LL    KNOW    BROTHER 


BY    THE    ROGUISH    GLINTS,    THE    COCKY    PLAID    SHIRTS 


THIS   PAGE:    ALL-WOOL   CARDIGAN    SUITS   BY    HOLLYWOOD   KNITTING   MILLS:    GIRL'S, 


•$15;    MOTHER'S,    $25;    SON'S,    $15;    DAYTON    CO.,    MINNEAPOLIS;    L.    S.    AYRES, 


INDIANAPOLIS.     OPPOSITE    PAGE:    PLAID    SHIRTS    BY    DON    RANCHO    JR.    IN    BATES 


BROADCLOTH,  2  TO  12;  ABOUT  $3.50  Al    DESMOND'S,  LOS  ANGELES;  YOUNKERS.  DES  MOINES. 


THRE 


52 


PLACES 


for     birthday^ 


p     come 


A  TOAST  TO  THE  FUTURE  ...  TO  THE 


TIMES  WHEN   SHE'LL   WANT  THE 


FLATTERY  OF  A   SUBTLE  DRAPE,  A   SOFT 


YOKE;    THE   TIMES    WHEN    SHE'LL 


GIVE    IN    TO    TAILORED    SIMPLICITY,    TO 


FULL  SKIRTS,   FREE-FLOWING  JACKETS. 


OPPOSITE  PAGE,  LEFT   TO   RIGHT:  A   DRAPED 


HOSTESS  GOWN  BY  MARSHA;   $75,  AT  ROY  BJORKMAN, 


MINNEAPOLIS.    EYELET-EMBROIDERED  YOKE  FROSTS 


NATALIE    NOLDER'S    CHAMBRAY    STAND-BY,    UNDER    $20, 


AT  J.  W.  ROBINSON,  LOS  ANGELES.    THIS  PAGE, 


LEFT:   EDITH   PHILLIPS'    "FOR  TOWN"   DRESS  IN  TWO- 


TONED    OSCAR    HAYMAN    CREPE,    ABOUT    $20,    AT    MAY 


COMPANY,  LOS  ANGELES.    RIGHT:  JR.   MRS.   CLASSIC 


IN    HESS-GOLDSMITH    PRINT,    ABOUT    $20,    AT 


JOSKE'S,  SAN  ANTONIO.    ABOVE:  SUN  ROSE  SPORTS- 


WEAR'S    SLACK    SUIT   WITH    FREE-SWINGING  JACKET, 


SHIRLEY'S    STRUTTER   CLOTH.   .ABOUT   $18,    AT 


J.    W.    ROBINSON,    LOS    ANGELES. 


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IS    MY    HOME"  J 


Ohc  HOME  OF  *    *    *    *    * 

WARN £Rn  BROS. 

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^—^ 


COLUMBIA 

HCTBKE3    C .■WI'itRATlOK 


Today,  a  magnifi- 
cent  ten-lane 
highway  of  con- 
crete streams 
through  a  narrow 
pass  in  the  Holly- 
wood Hills.  .  .  . 
gateway  from  the 
city  to  the  coun- 
t r y  .  .  .  from 
starry  Hollywood 
to  fabulous  San 
Fernando  Valley. 
Two  centuries 
ago  it  was  only  a  narrow  footpath  worn  by 
sandaled  monks  and  armor-clad  Spanish  war- 
riors. 

Today,  this  gateway  opens  upon  a  broad  vista 
of  green  .  .  .  sweeping  west,  north  and  east  to 
the  foothills;  and  spattering  its  surface  are 
some  half-score  cities,  orchards  and  groves,  pas- 
turage for  horses  and  cattle,  factory  acreage, 
thousands  of  smiling  white  houses  large  and 
small. 

What  the  Spaniards  saw  was  quite  different: 
an  expanse  virtually  desert,  sand  tan  and  gray- 
green,  checkered  with  patches  of  sage  and  scrub 
oak,  and  darker  green  marking  the  occasional 
passage   of  a   sparse   stream. 

And  yet,  with  this  striking  contrast  between 
then  and  now,  what  the  Spaniards  saw  is  almost 
what  northbound  travelers  saw  until  less  than 
50  years  ago  when  irrigation  began  to  work  its 
magic.  Currently,  the  Big  Tujunga  -  Little 
Tujunga  Dam  controls  the  principal  source  of 
Valley  water,  the  run-off  from  mountain  snows 
and  springs;  and  San  Fernando  Valley  citizens 
are  waging  a  determined  struggle  to  secure  for 
their  farmlands  some  of  the  vast  store  of  Colo- 
rado River  water  captured  by  Boulder  Dam. 

Though  the  Valley  was  pioneered  in  modern 
times  by  ranchers  who  raise  chickens,  olives, 
walnuts,  citrus  fruits  and  live  stock,  its  function 


as  a  country  home  for  city  folk  really  began 
with  the  motion  picture  industry  and  was 
propagated  by  far-sighted  realtors.  About  15 
years  ago  it  became  extremely  fashionable  to 
have  a  large  Valley  estate,  especially  among 
publicity-weary  ...  or  publicity-minded  .  .  . 
Hollywood  stars  who  made  of  their  ranchos 
the  grand  scale  hideaways  and  profitless  hob- 
bies. But  as  they  became  more  practical  about 
their  farming,  with  the  ensuing  publicity,  more 
prosaic  city-dwellers  began  to  discover  the  de- 
lights of  carefree  life  in  the  Valley. 

Thanks  to  the  efforts  of  Gordon  Jenkins,  com- 
poser, and  Bing  Crosby,  singer,  the  whole  coun- 
try' has  of  late  been  informed  in  catchy  lyrics 
of  the  attractions  of  the  San  Fernando  Valley. 
And  the  last  to  disagree  with  the  Utopian  picture 
painted  by  the  song  are  the  Valley  residents 
themselves. 

We  like  the  way  we  live  in  the  Valley.  Al- 
though there  are  an  impressive  number  of  lavish 
homes,  most  of  us  live  in  fairly  small  houses 
.  .  .  five  to  eight  rooms  .  .  .  but  on  fair-sized 
lots  so  that  we  have  our  gardens  and  patios 
and  live  a  good  deal  of  the  time  outdoors.  Often 
we  have  barbecues,  and  summer  backyard  picnics 
are  a  popular  form  of  entertaining.  We  pay  a 
lot  of  attention  to  our  gardens  and  support  an 
amazing  number  of  big  nurseries  where  every- 
thing from  rare  plants  and  succulents  to  prac- 
tical information  on  spraying  may  be  obtained. 

This  attention  to  growing  things  develops  on 
a  larger  scale  in  Van  Nuys,  for  instance,  where 
the  egg  industry  is  a  big  thing  and  trim  white 
chicken  runs  are  an  adjunct  to  many  of  the 
homes.  In  San  Fernando  and  Pacoima,  acres 
and  acres  are  given  over  to  olives,  with  one  of 
the  largest  olive-packing  plants  in  the  nation 
located  nearby. 

Oranges  and  lemons  are 
the  principal  crop  around 
Canoga  Park.  Roscoe  and 
Van  Nuys,  where  the  fruit  at 
harvest  time  is  picked  by  mi- 
gratory workers  brought  in 
through  the  United  States 
Labor  Service  .  .  .  many  of 


IN  SOUTHERN 

CALIFORNIA'S  SONG-FAMED 

SETTLEMENT  BIG  INDUSTRY, 

SMALL  FARMS 

AND  IMPOSING  RANCHES 

ARE  COMPLEMENT 

TO  CELEBRITIES  AND 

THE  OFFICE  WORKERS  WHO 

ALWAYS  WANTED  A 

COUNTRY  HOME.. 


by  trances  anderson 


Astute  real  estate  agents  like  Bob  W  hitworth 
of  "Bob's  Good  Earth,"  who  pioneered  Encino, 
had   much    to   do   with   settlement   of  the    Valley. 


Handsome  estates  like  these  which  border  sivank 
Toluca  Lake  are  found  in  impressive  number.  They 
house    motion    picture   stars    and    wealthy   socialites. 


Some  parts  of  the  Valley  reflect  midwestern 
origins,  expressed  in  shopping  districts  that 
look  like  thousands  of  others  all  over  the  U.  S. 


?y  far  the  largest  number  of  homes  in  the  San 
'ernando  Valley  are  small,  well  kept,  fairly 
ew      ranch  -  houses     with      beautiful     gardens. 


Shop-ouners  in  the  main,  however,  strive  for 
picturesque  distinction,  adopting  architectural 
styles  ranging  from  gabled  eaves  to  Spanish  modern. 


Famous  Valley  landmark  is  this  gas  station, 
converted  from  "Royal  Albatross,"  pioneer  air 
cargo    plane    built    and   exploited    back   in    1927. 


luthern  California's  industrial  boom  sets 
ich  mammoths  as  General  Motors  (above)  and 
;rgens  to   building  new  factories  in   the  Valley. 


Main  highway  from  the  north  runs  through  the  Val- 
ley, which  sets  up  motels  by  the  dozen  to  catch 
motorists  on  their  way  to  overcrowded  Los  Angeles. 


Industrial  strife  is  ever  with  the  motion  pic- 
lure  business,  and  studio  gates  like  Warner 
Brothers    are    seldom    without    quota    of    pickets. 


raplegic  patients  at  Birmingham  Veterans' 
ministration  Hospital  have  their  own  flying 
b,    special    planes,    talk    shop    by    the    hour. 


Stately  reminder  of  the  Valley's  colorful  past  is 
San  Fernando  Mission,  one  of  chain  founded  by  Span- 
ish padres  on  their  way  up  the  coast  200  years  ago. 


The  horse  is  important  in  the  Valley,  where 
equestrian  events  and  stud  farms  are  common. 
This  boy  is  son  of  coivboy  star  Monty  Montana. 


Vast  undeveloped  sectors  of  Valley  land  have  been 
given  over  to  emergency  housing  like  these  rows 
of     look-alikes     for     veterans     priced     at     $13,500. 


Center  of  social  activities,  golf  and  gabbing  for 
the  Valley  upper  crust  is  Lakeside  Country  Club, 
whose  membership  includes  Bing  Crosby,  Bob  Hope. 


Recently  a  city  of  tvar-icorkers,  home  of  the  Lightning, 
the  Constellation  and  the  new  Shooting  Star  is  Lock- 
heed aircraft  factory  with  its  enormous  landing  field. 


them  Mexican  na- 
tionals who  come  to 
Southern  California 
to  make  as  much 
money  in  a  few 
weeks  as  most  of 
them  see  in  a  year. 


Celebrities  as  honorary  mayors  and  community  fiestas  are 
part  of  Valley  tradition.  Andy  Devine,  Mayor  of  Van  Nuys, 
is  too  big  for  jail  door  in  a  typical  Kangaroo  Court  bastile. 


Even  where  we  Valley-ites  don't 
farm  for  a  living,  we're  apt  to  keep  a  few  chickens  for 
fun  .  .  .  also  eggs  and  good  eating  .  .  .  and  we  often 
have  a  horse  or  two  on  the  back  lot.  Horses  are  very 
important  in  the  Valley. 

Some  of  the  nation's  finest  horseflesh  is  bred  and 
raised  here,  and  the  most  beautiful  is  the  pale  golden 
palomino  with  silver  mane  and  tail  .  .  .  California's 
own.  Horse  shows  are  mainstays  on  the  calendar  the 
year  round,  often  three  are  scheduled  during  one 
week,  principally  in  Canoga  Park,  Roscoe;  Pacoima 
and  Shadow  Hills.  Naturally,  San  Fernando  Valley 
residents  dominate  these  shows,  exhibiting  prize  horses 
in  a  variety  of  classes,  and  junior  Valley-ites  start 
early. 

Then,  of  course,  there  is  the  San  Fernando  Valley 
Goat  Society.  While  its  primary  purpose  is  specializ- 
ing in  the  raising  of  Nubian  goats,  both  milk  and 
bull,  it  also  sponsors  such  diversified  activities  as  goat 
racing  and  memorial  services  for  Bikini  victims.  One 
of  its  members  boasts  of  a  goat  so  agile  he  prances 
around  their  $15,000  rosewood  piano. 

Industrially,  the  Valley  is  undergoing  a  boom.  Lock- 
heed-Vega started  in  Burbank  before  the  war,  and 
during  the  war  years  we  all  became  accustomed  to 
its  incredible  busyness,  its  veritable  city  of  workers, 
the  driving  concentration  of  this  big  aircraft  plant  and 
the  dozens  of  smaller  parts  plants  clustered  about  it. 

The  Valley  is  air-minded.  Whitman  Air  Park  at  San 
Fernando  is  the  home  of  a  club  of  citizens,  not  pro- 
fessional pilots,  who  own  their  own  planes.  Van  Nuys 
is  yearly  host  to  the  Bendix  Trophy  race  which  ter- 
minates in  Cleveland.  Lockheed  Air  Terminal  serves 
the  world.  Jets,  transports,  Piper  Cubs  and  the  special- 
ly constructed  Ercoupes  operated  by  paraplegic  pa- 
tients at  Birmingham  Veterans  Administration  Hos- 
pital  ...  all  keep  the  skies  a'humming. 

But  aircraft  isn't  the  only  industry.  Jergens  is 
producing  its  lotions  and  soaps  and  cosmetics  at  a 
vast  new  center.  General  Motors  is  opening  a  Cali- 
fornia branch,  with  an  enormous  acreage  at  Van  Nuys 
given  over  to  the  assembly  of  new  cars.  Motion  pic- 
tures are  an  exciting  story  and  the  big  movie  com- 
panies were  among  the  first  to  take  to  the  Valley  .  .  . 
Warner  Brothers,  Walt  Disney,  Universal,  Republic, 
and  the  location  ranches  of  RKO  and  Columbia. 

(Continued  on  page  93) 


Heart  of  civic  administration  in  the  Valley  is  in 
Van  Nuys,  where  subdivision  of  Los  Angeles  City 
Hall     governs     all     communities     except     Burbank. 


59 


GLORY 


STORY  IN  PRINT 


If  you've  read  your  history  books  you  know  the  glorious  story  of  the 
opening  of  the  West  .  .  .  how  a  few  pioneers  braved  the  dangers  of  a 
bright  new  land,  explored  the  wonders  of  the  Santa  Fe  Trail  from  the 
Missouri  River  to  New  Mexico,  then  on  to  California  .  .  .  trod  paths 
along  the  Rio  Grande,  discovered  gold,  established  missions,  built  railroads. 
Heretofore,  the  emphasis  has  been  on  the  east-to-west  influence,  the  changes 
wrought  upon  a  rugged,  malleable  land.  It  is  only  now,  in  retrospect,  that  the  blaz- 
ing glory  of  those  days  stands  out  in  bold  relief  .  .  .  and  exerts  a  fashion  influence 
to  be  felt  the  country  over.  Early  Indian  ceremony  and  tradition,  the  panoramic 
beauty  of  a  new  frontier,  already  have  exerted  a  certain  style  inspiration  ...  in 
embroideries,  in  daring  color  combinations,  in  types  of  clothes. 

But  now  it  is  to  become  the  very  warp  and  weft  of  this  summer's  fashion  .  .  . 
part  of  the  dresses  you  wear,  the  playclothes  you  adore.  For  California  Authentics 
has  had  master  artists  at  work  to  interpret  the  drama  of  the  Old  West  in  a  series  of 
printed  fabrics  inspired  by  the  Santa  Fe  Trail.  They've  printed  these  designs  on 
material  woven  by  famous  mills  .  .  .  and  more  than  twenty  leading  California 
designers  have  seized  upon  them  to  create  playclothes,  casual  and  formal  wear,  swim 
suits,   blouses,   slacks. 

Herewith  we  present  a  few  from  the  collection  which  was  previewed  in  kaleido- 
scopic fashion  right  on  the  rim  of  the  Grand  Canyon!  History  in  print,  fully  illus- 
trated .  .  .  here,  in  California  styled  fashions  ...  or  by  the  yard  in  your  favorite 
department  store. 


DESIGN  BY  ACDIE  MASTERS 


I  nspiied  designers  dip  into  the  history  of  the  West  to 


create  panoramic  patterns  for  California  Authentics: 


ceremonial  patterns,  native  lore,  and  riotous  colors  are 


warp  and  woof  of  a  whole  new  fashion  trend  in  fabrics 


for  California-designed  clothes 


►w*V 


DESIGN  BY  JOSEPH  ZUKIN 

Addie  Masters  puts  a  ceremonial  pattern  on  blouse  worn  with  slacks. 
left,  a  California  Authentics  print  that's  full  of  fun;  sizes  10-16.  about 
at  Carson  Pirie  Scott.  Chicago;  Neiman  Marcus.  Dallas.  In  the 
same  "authentic"  fabric  collection.  Joseph  Zukin  makes  a  playsuit 
and  skirt,  above,  with  a  cross-wise  shoulder  strap,  full  free  skirt. 
Sizes  10-18,  it's  about  S30  at  Desmond's.  Los  Angeles;  O'Connor. 
Moffatt  &  Co..  San  Francisco;  D.  H.  Holmes,  New  Orleans.  Below, 
F.  B.  Horgan's  five-piecer  makes  dramatic  use  of  the  panoramic 
print  in  jacket,  about  815.  with  bra  and  short  set,  about  Sll  (blouse 
and  skirt  not  shown  I  .  .  .  sizes  12-18,  at  Desmond's  Los  Angeles; 
Carson  Pirie  Scott.  Chicago;  H.  Liebes.  San  Francisco. 


PRINTED  INVITATIONS 


•  SPRING  BREAKS  INTO  PRINT  ...  IN 
VITING   AND   INTRIGUING,   WITH 
PARTY-LIKE  EXPECTANCY  IN  GAY,  LEft 
HEARTED   FASHIONS  WORN   AT  THE 
BEVERLY-WILSHIRE    HOTEL:    PARASOLS 
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•SPRING    COMES  EARLY   AND   STIRS   UP 
EXCITEMENT  AT  THE  BEVERLY  CLUB 
FOR   THOSE    SPECIAL    OCCASIONS. 
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BIG  WHITE  SAILOR  BY  LESLIE  JAMES. 


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■  FIRST    SIGNS    OF    SPRING.     AND    FRESH    AS   PAINT,    PRINTS   TAKE    A    SURPRISING 
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AND  PARTY  REFRESHMENTS 


PHOTOGRAPHED   By   LARRy  VERNON 


SUITS: 


•  FOYER  FASHIONS,  THESE  .  .  .   UNL1NED  SPRING  SUITS  WITH  GREAT  SOCIAL  ASSURANCE;  FOR 
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•  OPPOSITE  PAGE,  LEFT.  KEN  SUTHERLAND'S  PEPLUM-POCKET  SUIT  IN  COBRA,  BY  CALIFORNIA  FABRIC  CO.,  OF  WOOL  AND 

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RAYON    FABRIC,    SIZES    10-16,    ABOUT   $30.     PHOTOGRAPHED  AT  EARL  CARROLL  THEATRE  IN  HOLLYWOOD  BY  LARRY   VERNON. 


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OLD    FASHIONED    QUALITY  with 


Through  all  the  years,  vanity  has  insisted  that  a  good 
Hair  Brush  was  an  essential  luxury;  and  when  mother 
was  a  girl,  quality  usually  just  meant  something  durable. 
..  .Today,  LeVant  Brushes  combine  every  advantage. 
Quality,  enduring  beauty,  exquisite  patterns. 


The  Women's  and  Men's  models  have  the  finest 
of  Nylon  bristles,  flared  in  wide  angles,  enabling 
the  Nylon  to  reach  your  scalp  gently. 

LeVant  Quality  is  found  only  in  LeVant  Brushes. 
Brush  your  hair  to  modern  beauty. 


CALIFORNIA-MADE       BRUSHES       BY 


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a  peaceful  mind,  an 

intelligent  diet  and 

a  good  massage  will 

work  wonders  with 

your  health  and 

your  figure... 


•  Probably  more  written  words  are  devoted  to  the  prob- 
lem of  being  figure  perfect  than  to  any  other  phase 
of  woman's  eternal  search  for  dazzling  perfection.  And 
there's  reason  for  it,  since  having  a  well-proportioned 
body  takes  more  time,  effort  and  concentration  than  any 
other  job  of  self -improvement. 

The  Utopian  approach  is  to  dwell  on  the  high  plane 
of  balanced  diet  and  conscientious  and  scientific  exercise. 
But  let's  face  it  ...  it  takes  more  time  and  strength 
of  character  than  most  of  us  possess.  At  least,  that's 
the  practical  viewpoint  of  such  salons  de  beaute  as  that 
of  Elizabeth  Arden  .  .  .  for  instance,  the  one  on  Sun- 
set Strip  which  keeps  Los  Angeles  and  Hollywood  so- 
cialites and  celebrities  in  trim. 

Arden  offers,  for  a  price,  three  principal  methods  of 
weight  reduction,  woman's  most  obvious  figure  flagrancy. 
There  is  the  procedure  of  melting  off  pounds  .  .  .  with 
cooling  ice  packs  at  head  and  throat,  you're  gently  en- 
cased in  warm  wax,  then  wrapped  in  sheets,  blankets, 
and  heat-retaining  wax  paper  for  an  hour. 

Then  there  is  the  electric  roller,  a  fascinating  me- 
chanical exerciser  that  concentrates  on  fatty  portions, 
is  adjustable  from  ankles  to  neck.  Banks  of  rollers 
literally  rub  away  avoirdupois  while  you  stand  comfort- 
ably reading  a  magazine.  Thirdly,  there  is  the  spot 
reducer  which  contracts  congested  flesh  by  electrodes, 
and  is  a  concentrated  treatment.    All  three  methods  are. 


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relax.. and  enjoy 


of  course,  supervised  by  trained  young  women,  and  all 
three  are  accompanied  by  massage. 

Massage  is  not,  as  the  consensus  holds,  a  process  of 
pounding  and  rubbing  away  unnecessary  flesh.  Its  chief 
value  is  therapeutic,  and  this  is  the  attitude  of  masseuses 
of  integrity.  Because  of  this,  it  really  deserves  thought- 
ful attention. 

Treatment  by  massage  relaxes  the  nervous  system, 
eases  contracted  flesh  and  lymphatic  congestion  .  .  . 
and  it  is  these  latter  conditions  that  must  be  corrected 
for  figure  improvement.  To  lose  weight,  relax!  And 
massage  is  the  way  to  do  it. 

One  of  the  newcomers  to  the  salon  on  the  strip  is  a 
young  French  girl  who  ministered  to  war-weary  Parisi- 
ennes.  And  her  thoughtful  comments  on  the  damage 
that  standing  in  line,  walking  miles,  worrying  inten- 
sively and  eating  improperly  can  do  to  body  machinery 
offer  convincing  justification  for  the  so-called  luxury 
of  massage. 

Perhaps  many  women  would  think  twice  before  em- 
barking on  painless,  but  rather  expensive  weight  reduc- 
tion via  wax  or  electricity.  But  there  are  few  women 
who  would  not  benefit  by  an  occasional  sojourn  on  the 
rubbing  table  under  the  hands  of  an  expert  masseuse. 

Almost  any  kind  of  worry  .  .  .  domestic,  financial, 
emotional  or  career  .  .  .  can  tie  you  up  in  knots.  And 
unsightly  bulges.    And  while  some  find  the  achievement 


of  beautiful  slimness  an  end  in  itself,  there  are  more 
to  whom  the  zestful  well-being  of  a  happy  nervous  sys- 
tem brings  even  greater  rewards. 

Our  moral  for  today:  for  the  body  beautiful  and  the 
face  serene,  relax.  And  if  you  can't  manage  that  by 
yourself,  treat  yourself  to  a  really  good  massage.  Then 
whatever  method  of  figure  improvement  you  choose 
.  .  .  diet  and  exercise,  wax  baths  or  electric  gadgets 
.  .  .  will  have  immeasurably  more  chance  for  success. 
Don't  overlook  the  fact,  too,  that  there  are  several 
things  you  can  do  for  yourself  .  .  .  without  benefit  of 
professional  or  automatic  reducers.  Will  power  can 
take  the  place  of  money,  and  once  you  put  your  mind 
to  it,  it  isn't  as  tough  as  you  might  think. 

Ask  your  doctor,  for  instance,  about  a  diet  high  in 
proteins — lean  meat,  cottage  cheese,  etc. — certain  green 
vegetables  and  fruits.  It's  an  exploded  theory  that  you 
have  to  be  hungry  in  order  to  achieve  slimness.  Skip 
the  fattening  carbohydrates  (starches)  and  sweets  and 
gravies,  of  course.    It  still  can  be  a  pleasure  to  eat. 

As  for  exercise,  make  sure  you're  doing  the  proper 
things  to  keep  your  circulation  stirred  up.  Then  the 
blood  stream  can  cart  away  burned  up  fatty  tissue.  Some 
ill-advised  maneuvers  can  harden  those  bumps  into  a 
mass  of  muscular  contraction ;  exercise  doesn't  need  to 
he   strenuous  to   be   effective. 

And   don't  forget   .   .   .   relax ! 

by  sharon  terrill 


w, 


THE  "GLAMOROUS  LIFE"  ISNT 
AN  EASY  ONE  .  .  .  ITS  HARD 
WORK.  DEMANDING  AND  FRUS- 
TRATING .  .  .  BET  IT  SPELLS 
SUCCESS    FOR     A    LUCKY    FEW. 


ould  you   like  to  be  a  model? 

You  would?  Good  .  .  .  that  puts  you 
right  in  there  with  thousands  of  other 
girls  who  haven't  the  vaguest  idea  what 
it  entails,  either!  Because  there  is  rarely 
a  tender  young  thing  past  thirteen  who 
hasn't  seriouslv  decided  .  .  .  with  prac- 
tically no  scrutiny  of  the  subject  whatever 
.  .  .  that  modeling  would  mean  life's 
lulfillment  for  her  come  the  time  when 
she  would  have  to  earn  her  own  pin 
money,  mad  money  or  mink  coat  money. 

Verily.  Just  as  little  boys  pass 
through  phases  of  wanting  to  become  . 
cowboys,  G-men  or  fighter  pilots,  little 
girls  undergo  a  craving  to  become 
models.  It  is  as  inevitable  as  adolescence, 
only  much  more  permanent,  because 
very  often  big  girls  have  that  same 
feeling.  However,  many  of  them  will 
follow  through  .  .  .  the  pretty,  smart 
ones  .  .  .  and  do  become  models. 

Thev  are  the  ones  who  have  the 
physical  strength  of  Valkyries,  the  for- 
titude of  medieval  saints  and  complete 
dedication  to  an  idea  .  .  .  that  last 
quality  above  all  .  .  .  and.  of  course, 
a    few    other    assets    of    varying    im- 


And  everyone  knows  .  .  .  well,  not  ev- 
eryone .  .  .  but  I  know,  that  at  heart. 
I'm  really  a  fatal  charmer,  with  an 
exotic  spirit  crying  for  an  outlet.  I'm 
compelled  to  express  this  thing  .  .  . 
give  vent  to  it  ...  or  it  may  atrophy 
.  .  .  furthermore,  modeling's  lucrative." 

Well,  how  much  of  this  is  true? 

First  of  all,  there  are  two  large  divi- 
sions of  the  profession:  photographic 
modeling  and  live  modeling  .  .  .  and 
these  divide  down  to  a  hairline. 

Photographic  modeling  includes  two 
divisions  itself:  fashion  photography 
and  product  advertising  which  covers 
the  field  for  any  particular  commodity. 
Style  photography  forks  out  into  high 
fashion  and  plain  fashion,  depending 
upon  the  price  of  the  garment  and  the 
type  of  publication  in  which  the  pic- 
ture is  to  appear.  High  fashion  carries 
another  implication,  too  .  .  .  the  age 
and  sophistication  of  the  model  .  .  . 
and  a  junior  or  collegienne  type  is 
not  usually  branded  as  a  high  fashion 
model,  no  matter  how  expensive  the 
clothing  she  wears  may  be.  nor  how 
plush  the  publication. 


SO  YOU  WANT  TO  BE 


portance  that  attribute  to  success. 

If  vou're  reallv  considering  model- 
ing, or  are  nigh  on  to  being  crushed  be- 
cause vou've  never  considered  it  seri- 
ously, let's  throw  a  little  light  on  the 
subject  and  see  what  vou've  missed  so 
far. 

Why  do  you  want  to  be  a  model  ? 
"Oh,  it's  glamorous."  you'll  say.  "And 
it  has  a  minimum  of  inconveniences. 
Models  get  to  go  to  such  exciting  places 
and  wear  such  gorgeous  clothes.  Be- 
sides, they  nearly  always  end  up  on 
the  stage  or  in  the  movies,  or  like  girls 
in  toothpaste  ads  they  marry  million- 
aires! Modeling  has  a  miraculous  value 
of  prestige  ...  an  open-sesame  quality 
.  .  .  and  it's  easy  work. 

'"And."  .  .  .  you'll  remind  yourself 
.  .  .  "I'm  really  beautiful.  Secretly 
beautiful.  All  I  need  is  the  right  make- 
up, hairdo.  foundation  garments, 
clothes,  lighting,  setting,  photography 
and  retouching  to  bring  it  out  .  .  . 
where  it  should  be  .  .  .  right  to  the 
hungry  eves  of  the  public! 

"Really,  vou  don't  have  to  be  beau- 
tiful. I  read  that  someplace.  Beautiful 
women  aren't  really  beautiful.  Look  at 
Cleopatra.    It's  their  souls  that  does  it. 


Live  modeling  can  include  any  sort 
of  personal  appearance  for  the  sake  of 
advertisement  or  demonstration ;  and 
posing  for  artists  and  would-be  artists 
in  art  classes  falls  into  this  category. 
Then,  of  course,  mannikins  show 
clothes. 

There  are  three  branches  of  the 
clothing  industry  from  which  a  manni- 
kin  may  take  her  choice  .  .  .  whole- 
sale modeling,  retail  modeling,  and 
showing  clothes  at  openings  for  the 
press,  for  stylists,  for  buyers,  for  de- 
signers and  for  advertisers. 

Modeling  is  glamorous,  you  say? 

True,  the  finished  product  of  model- 
ing is  flamorous  ...  a  photograph 
in  a  slick-paper  magazine  that  dis- 
plays a  luxurious  product,  or  a  fashion 
opening  with  crowds  of  spellbound 
spectators:  or  even  a  small,  informal 
fashion  showing  in  a  tearoom  filled  with 
lunch-gulping  patrons  who  punctuate 
their  stares  with  forksfull  of  creamed 
chicken.  These  things  are  fun.  and 
you're  very  proud  of  yourself  when  the\ 
turn  out  well. 

But  each  step  is  interpolated  with  ac- 
tivity that  ends  far  short  of  high  ad- 
venture. Each  branch  of  modeling  has 
its  own  peculiarly  nightmarish  aspects. 


k  MODEL 


RY   JANE   NEWTON 


SUSAN  HAYWARD,  BORN  edyth 

MARRENER,   IS  A  STAR  ...  A  STAR 
OF  HOLLYWOOD  AND  HER  NEW 
UNIVERSAL  PICTURE,  "SMASHUP— THE 
STORY  OF  A  WOMAN."  ANOTHER 
BROOKLYN   LASS,  THIS   VIVACIOUS 
REDHEAD    AT    18    DECIDED    ON    A 
STAGE  CAREER,  INVESTED  IN  A 
DRAMA    COURSE    WITH    EARNINGS    AS 
A    PHOTOGRAPHIC    MODEL.     HER 
SUCCESS  AS  A  MODEL,  AND  NOT  AS  AN 
INGENUE.  CAUGHT  THE  HOLLYWOOD 
EYrE,   WON    HER  A  TRYOUT   FOR 
SCARLETT  O'HARA,  AND  EVENTUALLY 
A  LONG-TERM  CONTRACT.    TODAY 
SHE'S    MRS.    IESS   BARKER   AND   THE 
MOTHER    OF    TWIN    SONS. 

KATHERINE  CASSIDY,  born  marie 

ICIDE,   IS  A   FAMOUS   FASHION   MODEL 
WHO  WANTS  TO  BE  A   STAR.    THE 
SULTRY    HOLLYWOOD    HIGH    SCHOOL 
GRADUATE,    SHOWN    AT    LOWER 
LEFT,  IS  UNDER  PERSONAL  CONTRACT 
TO   DIRECTOR    HOWARD    HAWKS,    IS 
COACHING    CONSCIENTIOUSLY    FOR    A 
SCREEN  AND  STAGE  CAREER,  BUT 
LIKE    SUSAN,    MISS    CASSIDY    HAS 
FOUND  THAT  MODELING  FOR  THE 
CALIFORNIAN,    VOGUE    AND    SIMILAR 
PUBLICATIONS   KEEPS   THE  WOLF 
FROM   THE   DOOR. 


PHOTOGRAPHED   By  JOHN    ENGSTEAO 


If  you'd  like  to  aid  in  a  demonstra- 
tion you  must  have  a  penchant  for  be- 
ing gawked  at.  You  will  find  yourself 
sitting  before  a  gathering  of  the  press, 
of  students,  of  amalgamated  something 
or  other,  or  of  just  plain  passersby  .  .  . 
while  someone  who  also  enjoys  being 
gawked  at  performs  on  you.  Usually, 
the  demonstrator  will  be  doing  your 
hair  for  a  group  of  hair  stylists  at  a 
convention,  or  your  face  for  a  class  in 
color  photography,  or  something  of  like 
nature. 

Hair  and  makeup  demonstrations  try 
one's  real  character.  In  the  first  place, 
a  girl  has  to  have  a  special  brand  of 
fortitude  to  want  to  be  seen  with  her 
hair  deranged  and  her  face  still  in  a 
series  of  boxes,  bottles,  jars  and  tubes. 
For  here,  all  her  secrets  are  out.  They 
are  first  smeared  on  the  deft  fingers  of 
the  performing  artist  and  then  onto  the 
waiting  face  of  the  model  .  .  .  there 
goes  all  her  mysterious  allure! 

Now,  using  her  face  or  scalp  as  a 
topographic  map,  the  virtuoso  begins 
his   lecture   by   drawing   lines   all   over 


1  lis  victim  and  blocking  out  little  areas 
of  her  classical  features.  Then  he  really 
goes  to  work.  With  great  flourish  he 
massages  goo  all  over  her  face,  and  she 
is  either  overcome  with  the  desire  to 
purr,  bite  his  fingers  or  go  to  sleep,  de- 
pending upon  her  mood  that  day. 

As  for  me,  I  have  done  all  three  at 
a  sitting. 

An  au  naturelle  model  for  art  classes 
has  her  problems,  too,  but  she'll  tell 
you  she  likes  her  work.  "Oh,  the  pay  is 
pretty  good,  the  hours  are  short.  I'm 
in  an  intelligent  atmosphere  and  ...  I 
never  have  to  buy  work  clothes!" 

Of  course,  the  next  best  thing  to  not 
having  to  buy  work  clothes  is  to  be  able 
to  buy  some  of  them  at  wholesale  prices 
.  .  .  one  of  the  redeeming  features  of 
wholesale  modeling,  which  otherwise  is 
a  pretty  dull  grind. 

A  job  of  this  type  is  a  straight  forty- 
hours-a-week  proposition.  The  pay  is 
comparable  to  a  secretarial  position  and 
the  work  is  infinitely  harder.  A  whole- 
sale model  changes  outfits  in  a  dressing 
(Continued  on   page  92) 


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THE  DARING  OF  A   CITIZEN,   THE  DESIH4BIL1TY  OF  DESIGi\ 
AND  THE  DELIVERY  OF  A  CHAMPION  THAT  LEAD  THE  NEWS  . . 


TONY  CORNERO,  publicly  named  "admiral" 
of  California's  one-ship  gambling  fleet,  has  won 
many  bouts  with  inadequate  Federal  and  State 
laws,  and  still  hopes  to  operate  his  luxurious 
floating  casino.  HENRY  DREYFUSS,  indus- 
trial designer,  began  his  career  with  Norman 
Bel  Geddes,  fashioned  stage  settings,  a  new 
fly  swatter,  the  Hoover  vacuum  cleaner,  the 
Royal  typewriter,  General  Electric  refrigerator, 
a  Sears  Roebuck  washing  machine,  bathrooms 
for  Crane,  pens  and  pencils  for  Eversharp,  anti- 
aircraft guns  and  the  new  204-passenger  Con- 
solidated Vultee  airliner.  BEDA  MATHEW 
holds  the  1946  title  of  national  field  archery 
woman  champion.  Three  years  ago  she  bought 
a  three-dollar  bow  and  a  handful  of  arrows  .  .  . 
rifle  shells  were  too  expensive  and  gasoline 
scarce.  She  shot  instinctively,  using  no  sights 
nor  point  of  aim.  "I  wanted  to  see  whether  I 
could  outshoot  the  otbers."  She  did.  HOWARD 
DARRIN,  hero  of  World  War  I  as  a  French 
and  American  flyer,  probably  is  better  known 
today  as  a  designer  of  beautiful  automobiles. 
Before  he  styled  the  Kaiser-Frazer  line  and  his 
own  fenderless.  aluminum  creation,  Dutch  Dar- 
rin  achieved  no  little  fame  with  his  custom 
cars  for  Hollywood  stars.  King  Alfonso  of  Spain, 


in  California  it's... 


!**»»•■ 


Howard  Darrin 


Lord  Louis  Mountbatten  and  Queen  Marie  of 
Rumania.  LILLIAN  MAGIDOW,  teen-ager,  is 
destined  for  fame  as  a  concert  pianist.  Winner 
of  the  KFI-Hollywood  Bowl  Young  Artists'  Com- 
petition, Lillian  had  her  "unforgettable  evening 
in  the  Bowl"  when  Leopold  Stokowski  directed 
the  symphony  orchestra  for  her  solo  perform- 
ance. PIERRE  MONTEUX,  in  his  twelfth  sea- 
son as  conductor  of  the  noted  San  Francisco 
Symphony  Orchestra,  recently  tiffed  over  his 
billing  under  the  concert  soloist.  Currently- 
happy,  the  famous  Frenchman  is  leading  the 
San  Franciscans  in  concert  next  month  on  a 
nation-wide  tour. 


SNOW  QUEEN  of  the  An- 
nual Winter  Sports  Fiesta  iii 
Southern  California  is  Miss 
Paula  Drew,  young  Holly- 
wood actress  from  Detroit.  Se- 
lected by  the  Los  Angeles 
Junior  Chamber  of  Commerce, 
Miss  Drew  will  reign  over  a 
series  of  sports  events,  cli- 
maxed by  the  Ski  Carnival  to 
be  held  at  Big  Pines  Recrea- 
tion Park  February  8-9.  In 
reel  life  Paula  Drew  plays  an 
important  role  in  Walter  Wan- 
ger's  new  Universal-Interna- 
tional production.  "Washing- 
ton Flyer."  In  real  life  you 
see  her  wearing  a  figure-flat- 
tering afternoon  dress  fash- 
ioned by  Max  Kopp  of  Os- 
car  Hayman    Roulette    crepe. 


PHOTOGRAPHED    BY    EDWARD    H.    REED 


AN  INTERIOR  DECORATOR  DO! 


TRANSFORMING     TWO     ROOMS     INTO     HOME     IS 


ALL     IN     THE     DAYS     WORK     FOR     ROBIN 


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MANSFIELD    .    .    .    BUT     IT'S     INSPIRATION      FOR     YOU 


I  From  doorway:  the  Ionic 
hall  gains  interest,  turns 
junctional,  merely  by  addi- 
tion of  decorative  credenza. 

L  Comfort  and  charm  in 
this  downy  davenport  in 
moss  green;  favorite  print 
is   framed    in    glass,    above. 

A  Robin  Mansfield  finds 
many  occasions  to  use  desk 
for  practical  purposes:  focal 
point  of  beauty  in  the  room. 

4  A  tiny  bedroom  can  be 
most  attractive:  here  is  defi- 
nite color  scheme,  compact 
arrangement,    personality. 

3  A  kitchen  .  .  .  believe  it! 
■  .  .  is  just  behind  the 
screen  in  one  corner  of 
Miss  Mansfield's  living  room. 


ER  HOMEWORK 


by  Virginia  Scallon 


J\.obin  Mansfield  is  a  successful  young  careerist  who  takes 
her  work  home  with  her.  An  interior  decorator  for  W.  &  J. 
Sloane,  she  found  her  most  challenging  assignment  was  to  furnish 
her  own  minute  apartment  so  that  it  would  have  the  qualities 
of  hospitable,  comfortable  California  living. 

The  apartment  is  a  miniature  pent  house  ...  set  atop  a  garage 
.  .  .  and  had  several  perplexing  problems,  all  of  them  con- 
nected with  space. 

For  instance,  a  long  narrow  hall  leads  from  the  front  door 
to  the'living  room  ...  a  lavish  waste  of  space  until  Miss  Mans- 
field dreamed  up  the  idea  of  placing  a  credenza  midway,  put 
colored  glassware  on  top,  records  and  hospitality  properties  in- 
side. Now  the  awkward  hall  performs  graciously  as  another 
room! 

Then,  "They  gave  me  all  this  space  whether  I  needed  it 
or  not."  she  laughed  as  she  sidestepped  into  a  tiny  bed- 
room, probably  a  total  of  8  x  1  ]  feet  small.  But  an  over- 
all pattern  of  red  and  green  ivy  on  white  wallpaper  sets 
a  gay  color  scheme,  the  single  bed  with  its  tufted  head- 
board and  quilted  covering  in  a  new  multicord  fabric 
is  a  brilliant  choice,  the  ruffled  underskirt  of  allover 
pique  embroidery  is  enchanting.  Draperies  are  of  the 
same  red  fabric,  with  tiny  pleated  ruffles  of  white 
gabardine. 

There  is  just  enough  room  for  a  bedside  table,  a 
chest,  a  slipper  chair  .  .  .  just  room  enough! 

But  it  is  in  the  living  room  that  Robin  Mansfield 
has  justified  her  training  in  interior  decoration.  A  scant 
11  x  12  feet  squarish,  it  is  abrim  with  personality  and  has 
areas  designated  for  study  and  reading,  for  relaxation,  for 
entertaining:  Decorator- wise,  her  first  step  was  to  paint  the 
walls  a  soft  gray  ...  in  other  words,  causing  them  to  re- 
cede and  create  an  immediate  illusion  of  space.  Ceiling  and 
molding  is  white,  floor  is  covered  wall-to-wall  with  soft  rose 
carpeting. 

Focal  point  is  a  kidney-shaped  kneehole  desk,  as  colorful, 
with  its  red  leather  top,  as  it  is  practical.  There  is  a  touch 
of  sophistication  in  the  rose  velvet  tufted  chair,  and  comfort 
galore  in  the  deep-seated  davenport  in  mossy  green.  Green 
ceramic  lamps,  nested  end  tables  and  an  expandable  coffee 
table,  a  radio  for  inspiration,  a  traditional  wing  chair  for  dignity 
and  charm  .  .  .  and  all  arranged  in  a  conversational  group- 
ing. 

But  there  are  more  tricks  of  the  trade  than  choosing  the 
furnishings,  and  behind  a  folding  louvre  screen  Miss  Mans- 
field has  concealed  (1 )  a  two-burner  electric  plate  which  sets 
conveniently  atop  (2)  a  miniature  refrigerator.  Here  it's  a 
simple  matter  to  cook  for  one,  even  to  whisk  up  a  buffet  supper 
.  .  .  particularly  when  the  tip-top  table  against  the  wall  straight- 
ens up  and  comes  out  into  the  center  of  things  when  socially 
inclined! 


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lave  those 


vegetables! 


-even 


children  will 


California  cooks 

by "helen  evans'brown 


•  The  Califokman  is  growing  up  and  having  fun  do- 
ing it!    Growing  up  is  fun  for  children,  too.  and  one  of 
the  most  exciting  things  about  getting  out  of  the  nursery 
is  the  thrill  of  eating  with  the  grown-ups.    But  it  will  be 
no  thrill  for  the  grown-ups  if  they  have  to  sit  through 
repeat  performances  of  the  "I-say-it's-spinach"  routine, 
and  why  should  they?    I'm  no  child  psychologist,  but 
I  can  have  my  own  ideas,  can't  I  ?    I  believe  that  if  a  I 
child   knows   that   his   parents   really   relish   their   food ; 
that  meal  time  is  pleasure  time:  that  a  new  dish  is  an  I 
exciting  adventure;   then,    I  believe  that  that  child  will 
grow  up  with  a  keen  interest  in  fine  food  and  a  certainty 
of  getting  much  joy  out  of  life.    So  when  your  pedia- 
trician  gives  you   his  approval,   give  the  youngsters  a  I 
break.     Let   them   taste   of   your  delicious   dishes.    Just 
taste;   and  if  the  flavor's  too  new,  too  strange,  skip  it.  I 
Switch  back  for  the  moment  to  the  chopped  carrots  or  I 
strained    applesauce.     Remember    that    you    didn't    like 
your  first  olive    (or  did  you?).    Soon  those  potential 
gourmets  again  will  be  evincing  an  interest  in  parental 
fare,  and  before  you  know  it,  they  will  be  eating  almost 
everything  you  eat  and  loving  it.    At  least,   that's  myl 
theory,  and  I  do  so  hope  I'm  right! 

But  the  best  adjusted  eaters,  and  I  mean  of  all  ages. 
sometimes  balk  at  vegetables.  Even  Charles  Lamb,  who 
wrote  of  food  with  reverence,  once  said:  "The  whole 
vegetable  tribe  have  lost  their  gust  with  me,"  and  I 
know  just  what  he  meant,  don't  you?  It's  usually  about 
this  time  of  year  that  the  feeling  hits  me,  and  I  know 


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but  one  thing  to  do  about  it — find  new  ways  of  cooking 
the  same  old  vegetables.  And  why  not?  There  must  be 
ten  thousand  ways  to  cook  a  piece  of  beef,  but  how  many 
ways  do  we  know  of  cooking  carrots?  Precious  few. 
So  here's  to  new  ways  of  cooking  vegetables — ways  that 
will  delight  the  children,  and  will  dissuade  your  biggest 
baby  from  making  cracks  about  moving  to  a  hutch  or 
changing  the  family  name  to  Nebuchadnezzar. 

Before  I  launch  into  the  recipes,  may  I  make  a  strong 
plea  for  vegetables  that  are  not  overcooked?  If  you 
use  frozen  vegetables,  follow  the  directions  on  the  pack- 
age. If  you  use  a  pressure  cooker,  read  the  time  table 
that  came  with  it.  If  you  drown  your  vegetables  in  water, 
cook  them  to  a  mush,  then  pour  all  the  flavor  and  the 
nutrients  down  the  sewer  when  you  drain  them,  stop  it! 
And  if  you  don't  believe  I'm  right,  ask  your  favorite 
home  economist.  She'll  tell  you  the  nutritional  advantages 
while  I  dwell  on  the  gastronomical  ones.  It's  a  com- 
forting thought  that  the  foods  that  taste  best  are  usually 
best  for  us. 

Let's  think  of  peas  first,  most  people  do.  Me,  I  think 
they're  overrated  except  when  they're  cooked  this  way: 


peas   paisano 


Wash   a   bunch   of   green   onions   and    remove   roots. 

Cut  them,  green  part  and  all,  into  slices  about  a  quarter 

of  an  inch  thick.  Put  in  a   heavy   saucepan  with  four 

tablespoons  of  butter  and  cook  until  the  onion  becomes 

limp.    Add  two   twelve-ounce  packages   of  frozen   peas 

(or  a  pound  and  a  half  of  shelled  fresh  ones)    and  a 

half  cup  of  water.    Add  an  eighth  teaspoonful  of  sugar 

and  a  half  teaspoonful   of  salt.    Then  cover  and  cook 

very  gently  until  the  peas  are  tender.    If  they're  frozen, 

this  will  take  from  five  to  seven  minutes — if  large  and 
i  ° 

fresh  it  may  take  as  long  as  thirty  minutes  (unless  you 
use  a  pressure  cooker) .    You'll  just  have  to  test  as  you 
go  along,  which  will  be  no  hardship  at  all. 
You've  never  liked  cabbage,  but  then  you've  never  had 


c arm e I  cabbage 


And  I  said  Carmel,  not  caramel.  Chop  a  medium-sized 
Onion  and  a  green  pepper,  and  saute  them  in  two  table- 
spoons of  shortening  until  soft.  Add  two  tablespoons 
of  flour,  cook  a  minute,  then  add  a  cup  of  canned  toma- 
:oes,  a  half  teaspoonful  of  salt,  and  a  quarter  teaspoonful 
of  chili  powder.  Simmer  for  three  minutes,  then  pour 
aver  a  half  cabbage  which  has  been  shredded  and  cooked 
for  six  minutes  in  a  minimum  of  salted  water,  then 
drained. 

Carrots  are  considered  pretty  dull  eating  by  most  epi- 
cures, unless  they're  cooked  with  an  extra  little  fillip. 
3ne  easy  way  to  do  just  that  is  to  cook  them  (baby 
raes)  until  almost  done,  then  put  them  in  a  casserole 
tfith  a  dollop  of  butter  and  a  dash  of  brandy,  and  finish 
heir  cooking  in  the  oven.  But  that's  not  for  the  small 
ry.   For  them  try 


carrots  capistrano 


iVash  and  scrape  two  bunches  of  carrots,  and  put  them 
nrough  the  food  grinder,  using  the  fine  knife  (or  grate 
hem).  Put  them  in  your  heaviest  sauce  pan  with  a 
lalf  cup  of  water  and  two  tablespoons  of  butter.  Cook 
'owly,    stirring    now    and    then,    until    the    carrots    are 


tender.  In  the  meantime  make  a  Bechamel  sauce — this 
streamlined  version.  Dissolve  a  teaspoonful  of  chicken 
concentrate  or  a  chicken  bouillon  cube  in  a  cup  of  hot, 
very  rich  milk.  Melt  two  tablespoons  of  butter,  add  two 
tablespoons  of  flour,  cook  a  minute,  then  add  the  hot 
milk  mixture.  Cook  until  thickened  and  smooth,  then 
combine  with  the  carrots.  Season  with  a  grating  of  nut- 
meg and  a  little  more  salt  if  needed.  It  will  be  needed 
unless  the  chicken  flavoring  is  the  salty  kind.  Taste 
and  see.  This  vegetable  dish  is  particularly  good  if 
served  with  broiled  liver  and  crispy  bacon. 

Here's  a  way  to  sneak  a  few  extra  vitamins  into  the 
meal  without  anyone's  suspecting  a  thing. 


potatoes  verdes 


Boil  and  mash  six  large  potatoes.  Then  season  with  a 
quarter  of  a  cupful  of  melted  butter,  a  third  of  a  cup 
of  hot  milk,  a  teaspoon  of  salt,  a  grinding  of  pepper, 
and  a  quarter  cup  each  of  finely-minced  parsley  and 
water  cress.  Beat  well,  pile  lightly  in  a  baking  dish,  and 
slip  under  the  broiler  to  brown  on  top. 

The  next  recipe  is  typical  of  California  cookery  at 
its  simplest  and  best.  It's  an  almond  sauce  that  may 
be  used  on  a  dozen  different  vegetables — vegetables 
cooked  to  your  own  measure  in  your  pressure  cooker, 
your  waterless  saucepan,  or  in  that  battered  old  pot 
that  you  almost  gave  to  the  aluminum  drive.  No  matter 
how  you  cook  your  vegetable,  it  will  be  a  glorious  treat 
if  you  pour  this  sauce  over  it  before  serving. 


-*t*lifornia  almond  sauce 


Pour  a  cup  of  boiling  water  over  a  quarter  cup  of  al- 
monds and  let  stand  for  five  minutes.  Slip  off  the 
skins,  then  cut  the  almonds  in  long  slivers  with  a  sharp 
vegetable  knife.  Now  melt  a  half  cup  of  butter  (1/2  of 
a  stick),  add  the  almonds,  and  cook  gently  until  the 
nuts  just  begin  to  take  on  color.  Add  a  tablespoon  of 
lemon  juice,  boil  up  once,  and  pour  over  the  vegetable 
of  your  choice.  Try  it  on  asparagus,  cauliflower,  broc- 
coli, Brussels  sprouts,  tiny  boiled  onions,  baked  squash, 
string  beans,  boiled  potatoes  —  I  can't  think  what  it 
wouldn't  be  good  on.  Try  it  on  fish,  too,  and  on  veal 
cutlets,  just  in  case  you  think  I've  turned  vegetarian. 

There  are  so  many  ways  of  making  vegetables  more 
interesting  .  .  .  why  don't  you  try  some  of  them:  why 
don't  you  dress  lima  beans  with  tiny  sausages  that  have 
been  cut  in  small  pieces  and  cooked  brown?  Just  add 
them  to  the  cooked  limas  along  with  the  hot  fat  which 
has  cooked  out  of  them?  Why  don't  you  grate  raw  beets 
and  cook  them  in  a  tiny  bit  of  water  until  just  tender; 
then  dress  them  with  sour  cream  and  season  with  salt 
and  pepper?  Why  don't  you  parboil  halved  zucchini, 
then  brown  it,  along  with  a  bunch  of  chopped  green 
onions,  in  olive  oil?  Why  don't  you  season  string  beans 
with  butter  which  has  had  finely-minced  parsley  and 
lemon  juice  added  to  it?  Why  don't  you  halve  tiny 
crook  neck  squash  and  cook  it,  covered  with  cream,  in 
a  covered  casserole;  then  when  it's  tender,  sprinkle  it 
with  buttered  crumbs  and  brown?  Why  don't  you  think 
up  your  own  entrancing  ways  of  cooking  vegetables, 
so  that  you  can  boast  that  in  your  home  even  the  chil- 
dren think  it's  fun  to  eat  vegetables  .  .  .  and  that  in 
California  there's  never  a  dull  meal! 


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a    short 


story    by 


John    scott    douglas 


€%p#  mmi 


As  Stephanie  Nason  regarded  the  two  corsages 
on  the  dressing  table,  the  mirror  showed  her  that 
her  smile  held  both  resigned  despair  and  tender 
compassion.  She  half-closed  her  eyes  for  a  re- 
flective moment,  observing  how  their  heavy-lidded 
expression  gave  her  face  an  almost  oriental  cast. 

Then  she  placed  Steve's  corsage  of  Talisman 
roses  against  the  ice-blue  of  her  evening  gown,  and 
the  flame-and-gold  rebellion  of  the  roses  was  so 
startling  that  a  rippling  laugh  escaped  her. 

"Now  I've  seen  everything,"  she  murmured,  her 
voice  shaded  with  mockery.  "Poor  Steve,  he'll 
never   learn!" 

But  as  she  studied  her  reflection,  a  shadow  caught 
her  eye  and  she  gasped.  Leaning  forward,  she 
peered  at  the  glass  anxiously  and  sighed  with  re- 
lief to  find  that  no  line  marred  the  smooth  per- 
fection of  her  face.  Her  skin  was  still  clear  and 
youthful.  Only  her  eyes,  she  told  herself,  betrayed 
what  worldly  experience  had  taught  her. 

Reluctantly  returning  the  roses  to  their  box. 
she  laid  the  corsage  of  gardenias  against  her 
shoulder.  They  made  her  skin  seem  fairer,  and 
emphasized  the  grayness  of  her  eyes  and  the  jet 
of  her  hair. 

Trust  Bonsil  Salisbury  to  send  gardenias!  They'd 
go  with  any  dress  and  were  always  safe.  He  was 
what  these  modern  youngsters,  with  their  horrid 
slang,  meant  by  an  "eager  beaver."  Stephanie 
made  a  little  moue  of  distaste  at  the  term,  but 
grudgingly  admitted  that  it  fitted  Bonsil.  A  hard 
and  serious  worker,  he  was  utterly  devoted  to  her 
in  his  somewhat  stiffly  correct  way.  But  he  was  a 
slave  without  spontaneity,  without  joie  de  vivre, 
and  sometimes  his  very  perfection  was  trying.  Yet 
however  unexciting  he  was,  she  at  least  always 
knew  what  to  expect  from  him. 

About  to  pin  on  his  gardenias,  her  attention  was 
arrested  by  the  note  that  had  come  with  the  roses, 
and  now  she  reread  it: 
Dear  Stephanie — 

Break  any  other  date  you  may  have, 
for  I'm  taking  you  to  the  club  dance  to- 
night.   Be  ready  at  eight. 

Steve  Haskell 

"Be  ready  at  eight!"  she  repeated  derisively. 

How  like  Steve  to  assume  that  she'd  cast  aside 
everyone  else  the  moment  he  returned!  And  not 
a  scratch  of  a  pen  from  him  in  all  these  months — 


cew* 


#c/ 


except  the  photograph  of  him  in  his  new  uniform. 
The  jaunty  smile  was  there,  the  saint-and-sinner 
expression  lurked  in  his  bright  eyes,  and  the  pho- 
tograph was  characteristically  inscribed:  "From  the 
one  you  love,  Steve." 

Why  she'd  kept  it,  she  did  not  know.  For  she 
suspected  that  similarly  autographed"  photos  had 
gone  to  others.  Stephanie  marveled  that  anyone 
with  her  experience  could  have  an  Achilles'  heel 
like  Steve. 

It  annoyed  her  now  that  with  his  usual  thought- 
lessness he  had  failed  to  call  to  inquire  the  color 
of  her  dress  before  sending  anything  as  daring  as 
those  Talisman  roses.  She  imagined  that  Steve  had 
been  thinking  of  the  pale  amber  dress  she'd  worn  to 
his  farewell  party,  and  he'd  probably  conspired 
with  the  florist  to  make  up  an  imaginative  corsage 
.  .  .  for  that  dress  she'd  long  ago  discarded. 

Her  hand  touched  the  gardenias  and  then  fal- 
tered. Steve  rubbed  her  at  times  like  sandpaper, 
but  this  was  his  homecoming.  She  remembered  the 
undisguised  admiration  in  his  eyes  when  she'd 
descended  the  stairs  in  that  amber  dress,  and  his 
eager,  "Now  I  never  want  to  wake  up."  How 
feather-footed   she'd   felt  that  night  in  his  arms!  j 

She  had  been  happy;  she  knew  it  now.  And 
slowly  she  returned  the  gardenias  also  to  their 
box.  Her  mind  struggled  with  indecision.  She 
couldn't  wear  the  Talisman  roses  with  her  cool 
blue  dress,  and  she  was  unwilling  to  resurrect  the 
passe  amber  dress — even  for  Steve.  Yet  she  felt 
it  would  be  unfair  to  wear  Bonsil's  gardenias  if 
she  went  to  the  dance  with  Steve.  What  could  she 
wear? 

Momentary  doubts  chilled  her  until  she  re- 
called, suddenly,  that  pearls  were  correct  with  any 
gown. 

Selecting  a  necklace  from  the  jewel  box  on  the 
table  and  slipping  the  milky  strands  about  her 
throat,  she  regarded  her  reflection  with  weary-ap- 
pearing, half-closed  eyes. 

"Correct,"  she  said.  "And  quite  perfect  with  thisi 
dress." 

A  figure  came  into  her  field  of  vision  and  a 
voice  behind  said  in  a  shocked  tone,  "Stephanie — 
my  pearls!" 

Stephanie  whirled  around  with  a  start.  "Oh, 
Mother,  please  let  me  wear  them,"  she  pleaded. 
"I'm  sixteen  now,  and  Steve's  home  from  prep 
school!" 


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fef  *- 


MOST  LUXURIOUS  OF  FEMININE 
TREASURES-LINGERIE  MADE/^/fefC 


blends  your  face  powder 


Right  before  your  eyes  .  .  .  this  fascinating  process  takes 
place,  as  the  delicately-tinted  mounds  are  hand-blended 
into  the  one  face  powder  that's  perfect  for  your  skintone 
.  .  .  designed  to  a  formula  that's  yours  alone. 


NEW  YORK       .       PARIS       •       LONDON       •       MONTREAL 


bi-symmetric  balance 


a-symmetric  balance 


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simpli    basic        one    idea 
dress  unbalanced 


balanced 


balanced 


second  in  a  series  of 


articles  on  dressing 
by  design 
by  Florence  Shuman 


When  we  see  a  beautiful  design  .  .  .  whether  a  painting 
or  a  smartly  dressed  woman  .  .  .  we  experience  an  elation 
and  a  satisfaction  that  is  instinctive,  Most  of  the  things  that 
give  us  this  pleasure  have  elements  in  common.  These  ele- 
ments are  balance,  harmony,  rhythm  and  unity. 

In  this  lesson  we  will  discuss  some  of  the  ways  to  achieve 
balance  in  our  clothes.  Since  we  are  seen  most  often  without 
hat,  coat,  furs,  etc.,  let's  consider  first  the  balancing  of 
a  dress. 

There  are  two  kinds  of  balance:  bi-symmetrical  and  a-sym- 
metrical.  Bisymmetrical  is  the  more  easily  recognized  of  the 
two.  It  implies  an  equilibrium  obtained  by  equal  weights  on 
both  sides  of  a  center,  or  axis.  A  simple  scale  is  the  best 
example  of  such  balance. 

Maybe  the  reason  we  like  a  feeling  of  balance  is  because' 

human  beings  are  constructed  on  this  plan,  with  two  eyes, 

two  ears,  two  leas,  and  so  forth,  on  either  side  of  a  central 
y 

trunk. 

Here  are  sketches  of  two  dresses,  both  bisymmetrically 
balanced.  The  first  uses  a  seam  as  its  central  axis;  in  the 
second  dress  the  center  is  felt,  even  though  it  isn't  stressed. 


you  balance  this  one 


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Balance  is  achieved  by  repeating  the  same  ideas  on  each 
side  of  the  center. 

Asymmetrical  balance  is  more  interesting  because  it  can 
be  composed  of  parts  that  are  totally  different  in  appear- 
ance, yet  have  equal  weight.  By  weight  I  mean  the  impor- 
tance, or  the  amount  of  attraction,  an  idea  or  line  or  part 
has  for  .our  eyes.  Just  as  on  a  scale  we  can  put  apples  on 
one  side,  potatoes  and  bananas  on  the  other,  and  get  a 
balance,  so  we  can  learn  the  trick  of  juggling  our  ideas  to 
get  balance  in  our  fashions. 

Now  you  can  begin  to  experiment  with  line,  color,  texture 
and  ornament  in  your  clothes.  The  principle  of  asymmetrical 
balance  gives  you  wonderful  freedom,  so  that  planning  an 
outfit  can  be  a, very  exciting  experience! 

Here  I  have  sketched  a  simple,  basic  dress.  It  is  complete, 

sut  rather  dull,  you  will  admit.  In  the  second  diagram  I  have 

added  a  pocket,  which  takes  away  from  the  dullness,  but 
i  i 
eaves  it  looking  rather  incomplete.  In  the  following  three 

diagrams  I  have  balanced  the  pocket  idea  in  three  different 

vays  in  order  to  complete  the  design  and  make  the  dress 

nore  interesting. 


The  remaining  diagram  is  waiting  for  you  to  finish  it.  Test 
your  sense  of  balance  by  adding  some  line  or  shape  to  com- 
plement the  pocket. 

It  might  be  fun  for  you  to  trace  the  small  figure  on  trans- 
parent paper.  Sketch  in  the  lines  of  a  dress  in  your  own 
wardrobe  that  has  been  bothering  you.  It  may  have  a  skirt 
draped  to  one  side  that  is  already  busy  with  too  many  de- 
tails. Or  it  may  be  something  quite  different.  Perhaps  the 


i  5,ive  a  sense  of  balance  and 

completeness. 

Don't  stop  with  one  idea.  Make  several  tracings  of  the 
diagram.  Start  with  the  same  unbalanced  idea  in  each  and 
try  adding  or  omitting  details.  In  that  way  you  will  have 
some  basis  on  which  to  judge  the  one  best  suited  to  you. 
Don't  limit  yourself  to  one  choice.  Sketch  as  many  ideas  as 
you  can  think  of.  This  is  the  method  all  professional  designers 
use  and  you  can't  help  but  find  an  attractive  solution.  Good 
luckl 

In  the  next  lesson  we  will  discuss  balancing  the  whole 
figure  with  accessories. 


#'       ^^ . 


TING    THE    S  0 


and  bright  as  all  outdoors  is  Joseph  Zukin's  cabana  skirt  with  bow-tied  bra  .  .  . 
as  brief  and  bare  as  you  dare!  For  the  beach  or  for  sunshine  wherever  you  seek  it  ...  in  red.  black. 
or  toast,  on  Bates  white  cotton,  sizes  10-20.  About  $20  at  J.  J.  Haggarty,  Los  Angeles;  L.  Bam- 
berger, Newark:  Bloomingdale's,  New  York.    Dorothy  Gray's  Trans- World  lipstick. 


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If    your   ticket,    or    even    your    hopes,    are    labelled    "California- 
in-February,"  here  are  some  travel  data  that  may  help  you: 


TICKET    TO    CALIFORNIA 


Cosmopolitan  San  Francisco 

is  synonymous  with  the  dark  tailored  suit,  gadabout  furs,  a  knit  dress 

for  general  impressiveness  .  .  perhaps  a  sophisticated  dinner  dress 

.  .  with  casual  clothes  for  life  down  the  peninsula,  for  motor  trips. 

More  informal,  Los  Angeles  calls  for  a  suit  .  .  it  may  be  bright  or  tweedy 

for  the  sunny  south  .  .  a  topcoat  or  furs,  more  sports  clothes  .  .  slacks 

and  pedal   pushers  .  .  maybe  a  soft  bright  wool  dress  and  a  print  with  a 

hint-of -spring!     But  no  matter  where  you  go  in   California,  plan  a 

coordinated  wardrobe  .  .  with  blouses  and  sweaters  that  match  or  blend 

with  suit,  skirts,  slacks  .  .  with  a  long  skirt  for  formal  wear.    Bring  umbrella 

and  rubbers,  for  February  is  one  of  our  dampest  months.   Remember 

the  races,  concerts  .  .  the  desert,  mountains  .  .  so  add  to  the  basic  minimum 

a  dash  of  high  fashion  depending  upon  your  plans  and  expectations! 


CANADIAN 
MOLNTIE 


ARAB   LANCER 


IX  nniGHT  MMItPHY-S  TACK  MtOOM  SEYE.XTEE.X 
BEAITIFIE     Oils     DEPICT    THE   MItSTOHY   OF    THE   HORSE 

A  YOUNG  MAN'S  LOVE... 


BENGAL  LANCER 


RUSSIAN   COSSACK 


J* 


U  p  Santa  Barbara  way  ...  on  the  golden  shore  of 
the  blue  Pacific  .  .  .  there  are  a  heritage  and  an  interest 
in  art  that  for  generations  have  attracted  the  finest  of 
painters,  sculptors  and  writers  bent  on  an  idyllic  ren- 
dezvous for  fine  living  and  free  expression.  Today,  much 
of  that  interest  is  centered  on  the  strapping  son  of  a 
Greek  restaurant  owner  who  is  as  photogenic  as  he  is 
brimming  with  talent. 

Twenty-nine-year-old  Nicholas  S.  Firfires  .  .  .  war 
hero,  bronc  buster,  fencer  and  violinist  ...  is  developing 
a  reputation  in  the  versatile  school  of  oils,  watercolor, 
pastels,  blockprint,  charcoal,  dry  point  and  pen.  And 
his  recent  assignment  for  Dwight  Murphy,  wealthy  ranch 
owner  and  breeder  of  the  world's  finest 
Palomino  horses,  has  earned  for  Nick  the 
admiration  of  fellow  artists  and  all  those 
who  visit  the  beautiful  new  tack  room  of 
Mr.  Murphy's  San  Fernando  Rey  Rancho 
in  the  Santa  Ynez  Valley.  For  there,  on  the  walls  above 
the  silver-studded  saddles,  are  seventeen  different  types 
of  horses  of  the  world. 

It  wasn't  an  easy  assignment.  It  required  painstak- 
ing research  to  portray  correctly  the  horse  of  each  era, 
the  habiliments  of  each  rider  .  .  .  from  the  fierce  Mon- 
golian Tartar  of  Ghengis  Kahn  to  the  modern  day  Irish 
Hunter  and  the  five-gaited  beauty  of  the  show. 

But  Nick  comes  by  it  naturally.  Reared  on  a  ranch 
near  Santa  Marguerita,  he  began  riding,  breaking  and 
training  horses  when  he  was  a  sprig  of  eight.  He  loved 
them  and  relished  the  opportunity  to  meet  the  rangers 
and  cowboys  ...  to  be  "one  of  the  boys."  Real  cow- 
punchers  are  his  favorite  subject  today  in  his  direct, 
realistic,  colorful  approach  on  canvas  to  their  lusty  life. 
John  Gamble,  Santa  Barbara's  patriarch  of  the  palette, 
says  of  Firfires,  "he  has  considerable  ability  and  should 
succeed." 

A  sickly  youth,  Nicholas  started  drawing  to  his  fancy 


when  very  young.  His  mother  would  give  him  a  pencil 
and  pad  .  .  .  and  Nick  would  prop  himself  in  bed  to 
sketch  and  pass  the  time  away. 

He  flourished  on  the  ranch,  however,  studied  art  in 
Santa  Maria  High  School  under  Stanley  Breneiser,  played 
first  violin  in  the  school  orchestra,  and  began  a  singing 
repertoire  of  his  favorite  cowboy  songs.  Later  there 
were  the  Los  Angeles  Art  Institute  and  the  Art  Center 
School  for  training,  and  William  Spencer  Bagdatopoulos 
of  the  Royal  Academy  took  Nicholas  under  his  wing 
...  to  teach  him  the  technique  of  oils,  water  colors, 
pastels  and  etchings. 

In  the  fall  of  1940  he  enlisted  in  the  Army's  308th 
Combat  Engineers  and  participated  in  the  invasion  of 
France  with  the  83rd  Infantry  Division  .  .  .  The  Thun- 
derbolts .  .  .  first  to  reach  the  Rhine  in  the  all-victori- 
ous drive  .  .  .  and  as  a  sergeant  was  decorated  with  the 
Bronze  Star  and  five  battle  star  citations.  Art  wasn't 
a  lost  art  for  Nick  during  the  war,  however.  He  color- 
fully illustrated  the  division's  historical  battle  brochure, 
"The  Thunderbolt  Across  Europe,"  painted  the  portrait 
of  his  commanding  general,  Major  General  Robert  C. 
Macon,  while  in  Holland,  and  made  many  battle  sketches 
for  subsequent  Army  publication.  In  Holland,  too,  he 
was  able  to  study  briefly  with  Van  Eyck  and  Jan  Hal. 

In  his  picturesque  studio  in  Santa  Barbara,  Nicholas 
Firfires  is  a  cowboy  at  heart  .  .  .  blue  denims,  high-heeled 
boots  and  a  wide-brimmed  hat.  He's  tanned  and  husky 
...  as  handsome  as  Errol  Flynn.  But  he's  serious  about 
his  work,  the  heritage  of  Frederick  Remington,  Frank 
Tenney  Johnson,  Will  James  and  Maynard  Dixon  burns 
bright  in  the  hope  and 
promise  of  this  young 
Greek  lad. 

His  horses  are  somewhat 
like  music  ...  a  universal 
language  .  .  .  owned  and 
loved  by  all  nations  of  the 
world. 


XHIIOEAS  FIRFIRES.  WAR  HERO 
AXIt  (OHSOl  SIXC.ER.  IS  OXE  OF 
CALIFORNIA'S  FIXEST  VOVXG 
ARTISTS. 


.  THE  PERFECT  COMPLIMENT  TO  MILADY'S 
NEW  SPRING  SUNNY  CALIFORNIA  WARDROBE  ARE 
THESE  NEW  CALIFORNIA  CLOTHES  FOR  MEN 
.   .   .   SOFT,   EASY-GOING,   STYLED  TO   MATCH   HER 
SPORTSWEAR  LIKE  THE  PAGES  IN  A  COLOR 
BOOK   .    .    .    YET   DESIGNED   WITH   THAT  MAS- 
CULINE FEEL.    THEY  ARE,  LEFT  TO  RIGHT: 
•  EXTRA    COMFORTABLE    JACKET    WITH    VARI- 
HUED    PLAID   ACCENTING    CASUALNESS; 
•  "BENGAL    BEACHCOMBER"    SHORT-SLEEVED    SHIRT    WITH    TIGER 
MOTIF;    .  CARDIGAN  WALKING  OUTFIT  OF  CUSTOM  JACKET,  WALKING 
SHORTS  AND  SHIRT  .  .  .  ALL  THREE  TO  MATCH;    .  LEATHER  AND 
WOOL  JACKET  IN  COMFORT  COMBINATION;  ABOVE,   .  THE 
"LAZY  JACK"  PUTS  HANDS  INTO  MUFF  POCKETS,   OFFERS  PLENTY  OF 
ROOMINESS   FOR  THE   MOVE-ABOUT   MAN;    .  ALWAYS   RIGHT 
SPORT  JACKET   WITH   VERTICAL   STRIPES;    RIGHT,    .  CONVERTIBLE 
SOFT  CASUAL  SHIRT  HAS  BUTTONS  ON  TAPE  FOR  DAY, 
USES    STUDS   FOR   EVENING   .    .    .    IT'S    COMFORTABLE   DURING   LIGHT- 
TIME,    IN    CORRECT   DINNER   STYLE   FOR   NIGHT-TIME. 


SO  YOU  WANT  TO  BE  A  MODEL 


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room  that  fits  like  a  glove,  makes  tracks  across 
a  small  salon,  and  shows  an  audience  of  a 
few  persons  the  complete  line  of  apparel,  be 
it  French  bathing  suits,  fur  coats  or  gowns. 
She  is  supposed  to  capture  the  mood  of  each 
piece  shown,  which  in  itself  is  a  problem.  This 
happens  an  infinite  number  of  times  a  day 
.  .  .  the  same  clothes  for  a  whole  season, 
with   a   few   additions   from   time   to   time. 

Dizziness  and  corns  are  the  occupational 
diseases  of  wholesale  modeling.  But  then, 
there  is  relief  ...  a  model  may  be  asked 
to  pinch  hit  as  a  typist,  receptionist  or  as 
a    full-blown   secretary. 

Retail  modeling  is  much  the  same,  except 
for  a  slight  difference  in  technique.  Then,  too, 
there  are  no  fittings,  unless  the  clothes  are 
custom-made.  If  her  modeling  takes  less  than 
a  full  day  she  may  fill  in  as  a  salesgirl  or 
secretary. 

But  the  darkest  moments  of  all  modeling 
come  during  a  fashion  opening.  A  fashion 
opening  is  first  cousin  to  a  nervous  break- 
down .  .  .  one  is  enough  to  scar  your  psyche 
forever. 

Fashion  shows  are  fracases  because  of 
stylists.  Stylists  are  shrewish  women  in  the 
clothing  business.  They  put  on  fashion  shows. 
They  wear  important  hats.  They  are  nervous. 
Stylists  hate  fashion  shows.  They  nearly  al- 
ways have  a  mental  and  physical  collapse 
while  one  is  in  progress. 

Let's  peek  backstage.  A  minute  dressing 
room  has  been  provided  for  you  and  some 
five,  fifteen  or  thirty  mannikins  of  assorted 
sizes,  shapes  and  vintages.  Great  care  has 
been  taken  to  see  that  the  room  is  snug 
and  cozy  .  .  .  that  it  has  been  placed  close 
to  the  audience  so  that  one  and  all  can  hear 
each  shouted  invective,  command  and  direc- 
tion.   The  audience  also  will  be  able  to  hear 


roll  call  .  .  .  how  else  will  they  know  that 
ten  to  twenty  percent  of  the  models  didn't 
appear  for  the  show? 

During  the  rehearsal,  if  there  was  one,  each 
model  had  been  shown  where  her  clothes 
would  be  hung;  each  had  been  thoroughly 
acquainted  with  every  dress  she  was  to  wear 
and  all  its  accessories;  each  had  been  in- 
structed to  bring  both  black  and  brown  shoes 
and  an  extra  pair  of  hose,  in  case  of  dis- 
aster; each  knew  her  order  in  the  program 
and  all  her  cues:  each  knew  exactly  how 
much   time  she  had   to  change  costumes. 

Theoretically. 

Actually,  as  you  enter  the  dressing  room, 
you  are  a  bit  shaken  to  see  someone  else 
wriggling  into  your  clothes.  And  no  matter 
what  the  temperature  is  outside,  the  dressing 
room  is  always  bristling  with  heat.  Hair,  being 
combed  out  of  numerous  scalps.  Hies  about 
the  room  .  .  .  and  the  air  hangs  thick  with 
powder.  A  patient  makeup  artist  quietly  re- 
does every  face  he  does  not  like  ...  a 
patient  model  redoes  her  face  if  she  does 
not  like  what  the  makeup  artist  did  to  it. 
The  hairdressers  stand  by  to  rush  you  through 
their  assembly  line. 

Wrapping  a  bandanna  or  net  over  your 
hair,  you  make  a  dive  for  the  costume  from 
which  you  have  just  succeeded  in  extracting 
the  other  model.  \o\\  discover  that  it  is  (a) 
not  hanging  in  the  right  section,  (b)  not  with 
your  other  things,  (c)  not  one  that  you  wore 
at  rehearsal,  and  (d)  really  did  belong  to 
the  other  girl. 

Once  you've  assembled  the  correct  en- 
sembles, you  think  of  nothing  except  rushing 
.  .  .  rushing  like  a  rabid  rabbit  for  the 
next  hour.  You  begin  to  note  a  touch  of 
indigestion.     Someone   walks   up    to    you    and 


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pany's  clothes. 

An  assistant  is  lining  up  the  models.  She 
has  a  sheet  of  paper  with  a  lot  of  names 
on  it,  and  you  are  hurried  into  a  queue 
just  off  the  stage  and  told  to  please,  for 
heaven's  sake,  be  quiet.  The  stylist  has 
chewed  her  nails  off  up  beyond  the  elbow, 
just  like  Venus  de  Milo,  but  somehow  she 
still  carries  on.  Her  important  hat  is  on  the' 
wrong  part  of  her  head  and  her  hair  is 
straggling  down.  She  tells  you  that  your 
coiffure  is  wrong  for  your  chapeau.  How  could 
she  remember  that  that  was  not  the  same 
hat    you    wore    at    rehearsal? 

The  music  starts,  and  an  ever,  ever  so  breezy 
female  commentator  floats  up  to  the  micro- 
phone, makes  love  to  the  audience,  dien 
calls  for  the  first  costume  to  appear.  SheJ 
never  makes  a  mistake  on  the  first  costume. 
She  has  been  looking  right  into  the  wings, 

The  show  goes  smoothly  until  she  announces 
a  magenta  formal,  and  out  waltzes  someone  in 
a  lime  green  sun  dress.  This  has  almost  never 
failed  to  happen  at  a  fashion  opening. 

Just   as  you   are   about    to    step    from    the  . 
wings,    you    notice    that    the    stylist    is    giving  |„ , 
you   a    signal    ...    a    veritable    goosing   witht|f 
her    eyes.     The    first    act    is    lagging    behind 
time.    Hurry   up!    You    wonder    if    the    com-i|(» 
mentator   saw,   too. 

No  matter  how  grimly  apprehensive  you 
were  up  to  then,  you  burst  into  a  smile,  then 
try  to  see  where  in  tarnation  you  are,  with  ,iB 
that  spotlight  blinding  you.  You  are  walkings 
on  artificial  grass,  and  it's  pretty  precarious 
stuff.  You  never  can  tell  where  the  real  edges 
of  the  steps  are.  You  keep  telling  yourself 
to  watch  your  balance,  hold  your  tummy  in, 
your  head  up.  your  seat  under,  do  something 
nice  with  your  hands,  smile,  walk  forward, 
pivot,  and  get  the  dickens  away  from  there, 
because  the  stylist  is  snarling  at  you  again. 

This  happens  three  or  four  times.  In  a 
state  of  joyous  prostration,  you  get  back 
into  your  own  comfortable  clothes,  and  with 
your  other  nearly  neurotic  playmates,  con-i 
sume  quarts  of  coffee  which  has  mercifully! 
been  rolled  in.  First  aid  is  administered  to 
the  stylist  and  to  her  first  and  second  as- 
sistants. The  third  assistant  prepares  to  leave 
for  the  country. 

That  is  live  modeling.  But  then,  maybe  it 
was  a  photographic  model  you  wanted  to  be? 
That   has  its   pitfalls,   too. 

The  first  is  climate.  Magazine  photography 
and  showcards  are  always  done  three  to  six 
months  before  publication  date,  so  models  are 
always  being  shot  out  of  season  .  .  .  and 
in   photography,   it's   legal. 

Imagine  yourself  cozily  installed  in  a  fur 
coat,  beamed  upon  by  a  battery  of  scorching 
lights.  Your  face,  the  only  part  of  you  that  is 
exposed,  is  packed  with  sticky,  oily  makeup. 
You  are  acrobatically  entangled  with  a  chair, 
a  perch,  or  a  property  of  some  sort,  and  your 
strained  muscles  are  faithfully  holding  you 
there  while  the  master  gets  his  angle.  There 
is  no  ventilation  because  there  are  no  win- 
dows. 

The  time  of  the  year?    August. 

Or  better  yet.  Envision  yourself  knee  deep 
in  a  foaming  surf,  clad  in  a  strapless  bath- 
ing suit,  or  suitless  bathing  strap,  or  what- 
ever those  things  are  that  they  are  showing 
this  season.  The  sun  is  streaming  down  .  .  . 
in  Australia  .  .  .  but  certainly  not  here.  That's 
why  photographers  have  flashbulbs  and  re- 
flectors. Someone  has  obligingly  pushed  the 
ice  out  of  camera  range.  You  are  bidden  to 
throw  your  arms  up,  smile,  and  run  to  the 
camera,  looking  as  healthy  as  a  laxative  ad- 
vertisement. 

The  time  of  the  year?   January. 

Oh  yes,  modeling  is   glamorous.  A  few  for- 


THE     CAL1FORNIAN,     February,      1947 


unate  girls  wear  fashions  to  some  of  the  most 
leralded  events.  And  sometimes  whole  cata- 
ogues  are  shot  in  the  desert  or  at  the  sea- 
hore,  with  all  expenses  paid,  plus  salary, 
/acation  spots  often  make  folders,  which  offer 
nodels  the  same  advantages.  But  these  plums 
re  the  exception  rather  than  the  rule. 
A  fabulous  future?  True,  many  girls  are  re- 
ruited  from  modeling  for  the  stage  or  for 
>ictures.  But  just  as  many  are  recruited 
rom  the  ranks  of  secretaries,  manicurists, 
oeds,   and   a   dozen   other  occupations. 

Remember  .  .  .  charm  is  always  welcome. 
\.nd  a  really  lovely  person  has  a  way  of  mak- 
ng  her  presence  felt.  Graceful  females  are 
are.  Most  women  do  not  move  nicely.  They 
umber,  expand  and  contract,  lope  or  creep, 
ather  than  walk.  When  they  sit,  they  feel 
or  a  chair  with  their  lower  regions,  then 
)lop  into  it  all  at  once.  They  do  strange 
hings  with  their  legs.  In  front  of  a  camera 
heir  stance  resembles  melted  wax.  So  they 
lsually  wind  up  in  a  posture  class,  charm 
chool  or  modeling  school,  either  before  they 
ittempt  a  career  or  after  they  realized  they 
vere  getting  nowhere  by  leaps  and  bounds. 

Charm  and  modeling  schools  range  from 
completely  ineffective  to  splendidlv  efficient 
irganizations,  and  their  prices  fall  over  as 
arge  a  range.  However,  a  good  course  is  a 
iriceless  investment.  A  future  model  or  a  fu- 
ure  wife  emerges  with  a  workable  concept  of 
lody  mechanics  and  figure  control,  and  has 
earned  some  clothes-showing  technique,  a  lit- 
le  about  makeup,  a  lot  about  grooming,  a 
ew  pointers  in  clothes,  voice  and  diction,  and 
he  importance  of  facial  expression. 

In  line  with  physical  fitness,  she  will  have 
earned  a  routine  of  exercises  that  are  dead 
ure  to  improve  even  the  silhouette  of  a  bale 
f  hay. 
Then  there  is  diet.  Most  girls  are  a  little 
j  lefty  for  modeling.  Most  girls  are  a  little  hefty 
myway,  and  the  camera  adds  ten  or  fifteen 
lounds.  This  means  that  a  bit  of  abstinence 
s  indicated  ...  no  bread,  desserts,  cocktails 
.  nothing  between  meals. 
Oh  well,"  you'll  say,  "a  model  is  well  paid 
or  all  the  bother.  Just  a  few  hours  every 
veek,  and  all  those  dollars  for  one  little  hour." 
True,  but  for  every  hour  of  work  there  are 
mdless  hours  of  preparation,  not  counting 
ransportation  to  and  from  fairly  inaccessible 
tudios.  There  are  hours  spent  meeting  and 
'isiting  prospective  employers  and  leaving  pic- 
ures  with  them;  hours  spent  at  fittings  and 
•ehearsals  and  on  going  out  on  interviews  in 
vhich  someone  else  is  chosen  for  the  job. 

Many  models  belong  to  one  organization  or 
another  besides  their  agency.  This  means  dues 
.  .  small  ones,  but  still  dues.  The  agency 
lee  is  a  nice,  healthy  ten  per  cent.  Makeup, 
loo,  is  expensive,  and  beauty  salons  and  mas- 
seuses, while  unnecessary  for  some  are  con- 
sidered important  to  others. 
I  But  keeping  wardrobed  is  the  big  item  .  .  . 
k  model  has  to  dress  the  part.  Of  course 
clothes  are  one  of  the  good  things  of  life, 
put  a  model  finds  herself  purchasing  many 
things  she  would  not  need  in  other  walks 
pf  life.  Oftentimes  they  find  that  they  are 
Working  so  that  they  can  keep  themselves  in 
clothes  so  that  they  can  work  so  that  they  can 
keep  themselves  in  clothes! 
I  But  modeling  has  one  great  advantage.  It 
|s,  if  nothing  else,  ego-satisfying.  That's  good. 
Modeling  is  ego-satisfying  because  people 
pre  under  the  impression  that  models  are  more 
attractive  than  the  average  female.  People  are 
right.  And  if  models  never  had  confidence 
before,  this  gives  it  to  them.  It's  gratifying  to 
know  that  promoters  buy  your  face  and  figure 
because  it  attracts  more  customers  for  their 
jproducts. 

You  may  find  it  a  delightful  way  to  spend 
la  few  years  of  your  young  life,  and  as  they 
bay  in  twenty-five-word  essay  contests,  fame 
and  fortune  may  be  yours.  Really,  the  good 
things  in  life  have  to  happen  to  someone,  and 
they  may  as  well  happen  to  you! 
Me?    I'm   now   writing. 


THE     CALIFORNIAN,     February,      1947 


SAN  FERNANDO  VALLEY 


(Continued  from  page  59) 

you  look  you  see  small  new  enterprises,  usual- 
ly headed  by  a  veteran.  The  Valley  is  be- 
coming the  home  of  Mr.  Average  Califor- 
nian,  and  this  entails  the  most  furious  build- 
ing program  on  record.  In  one  month  Van 
Nuys  and  North  Hollywood  together  issued 
more  building  permits  than  San  Francisco, 
Oakland,  Detroit  and  St.  Louis  combined. 
Kaiser  is  erecting  5,000  pre-cut  homes,  com- 
pleted in  five  days;  other  big  contractors 
are  sending  new  houses  up  in  mushroom  lots 
wherever   there  is  available  land. 

The  result  is  that  towns  are  merging,  the 
open  spaces  are  filling  up.  Before  war  indus- 
tries brought  an  inrush  of  population,  San 
Fernando  Valley's  400  square  miles  provided 
more  than  ample  room  for  the  20,000  residents. 
No  census  has  been  taken  recently,  but  the 
percentage  of  population  gain  is  several  hun- 
dred. 

San  Fernando  Valley  is  long  on  community 
spirit.  Many  of  the  towns  hold  their  annual 
fiestas,  with  male  members  of  the  citizenry 
vieing  in  the  beard-raising  department  and 
female  members  bedecking  themselves  in  Span- 
ish or  Western  garb  ...  all  entering  into  the 
Old    California   holiday   fun. 

The  "mayor"  situation  is  another  instance 
of  civic  light-heartedness.  Many  of  the  Valley 
communities  elect  through  democratic  proce- 
dure and  exhuberant  horseplay  "honorary 
mayors"  from  among  the  ranks  of  the  more 
illustrious  citizens  .  .  .  usually  prominent 
actors  and  entertainers.  Incumbents  in  the 
honorary  division  include  Edward  Everett 
Horton,  Andy  Devine  and   Bob   Burns.  Others 


who  have  held  the  mayoral  rank  in  recent 
years  include  Ginny  Simms,  Abbott  and  Cos- 
tello,   Rosalind  Russell  and  Wendell  Niles. 

This  gaiety  springs  naturally  from  the  kind 
of  life  we  lead  in  the  Valley.  We  have  more 
space  around  our  homes  and  around  our  lives. 
We  live  more  informally,  we're  more  relaxed. 
We  probably  travel  farther  to  the  market  or 
the  shops  or  the  movies  .  .  .  but  we  don't 
need  to  leave  the  Valley  to  find  even  the 
most  urban  and  sophisticated  of  merchandise 
and  entertainment. 

Take  furniture,  for  instance.  Many  people 
in  the  Valley  are  amateur  decorators,  and  we 
have  dozens  of  smart  shops  in  which  to  track 
down  rare  upholstery,  antiques,  the  best  mod- 
ern.   It's   the  same   with    apparel   shops.   .   .   . 

Or  night  clubs  .  .  .  we  can  take  our  pick 
of  big-name  entertainers  at  the  Valley  night 
spots.  We  can  dine  de  luxe,  even  to  such  a 
touch  of  the  epicurean  as  is  found  at  Sports- 
men's Headquarters  where  you  catch  your  own 
mountain  trout  and  then  dine  upon  it.  And 
we  can  find  amusing  local  color  at  such  road- 
side spots  as  the  Hangman's  Tree  Inn  where 
they   advertise   "lousy   food   and   warm   beer." 

It's  a  pretty  lively  place,  the  San  Fernando 
Valley  .  .  .  and  we  can  run  the  gamut  in 
satisfying  our  tastes,  whims  and  fancies.  Best 
of  all,  we  don't  rush  ...  we  take  time  to 
enjoy  it  .  .  .  city  pleasures  in  the  country 
air;  country  pleasures  with  city  convenience. 
Just  a  few  minutes  from  your  office  in  the 
Big  City. 

It's  our  home  .   .  .  and  we  love  it. 


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hoop   hoop   hooray 


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JL  t  was  San  Francisco  .  .  .  186-1  .  .  .  when  the  ladies  were  wearing 
those  voluminous  hoop  skirts  which  caused  traffic  jams,  overcrowded 
the  shops  and  made  travel  by  public  vehicle  almost  intolerable  to  the 
irate  men.  But  ruiladv  loved  her  "obnoxious  hoops."  and  continued 
to   wear  them,   despite  persistent  masculine  criticism. 

One  such  young  ladv.  charmingly  be-hooped.  was  taking  an  after- 
noon stroll  .  .  .  her  little  spaniel  puppy  trotted  happily  beside  her. 
with  no  leash  to  hinder  his  various  small  explorations.  But  San 
Francisco  was  waging  war  on  unattached  canines,  and  the  carefree 
spaniel  soon  was  spotted  by  a  roving  dogcatcher  who  traveled  on  foot. 
well  equipped  with  nets,   ropes  and  a  following  of  small  boys. 

The  dogcatcher  whistled  to  the  puppv  who  trotted  awav  from  his 
mistress.  And  just  as  the  net  was  about  to  fall,  the  young  lady  thought 
of  a  way  to  save  her  pet  from  a  "fate  worse  than  death."  She  called 
him  and  he  trotted  back.  Quickly,  she  spoke  softly,  tipped  her  hoop 
skirt  to  one  side  and  the  little  dog  disappeared  under  it.  Milady 
dropped  her  skirt  .  .  .  her  eves  .  .  .  blushed  furiously,  and  defied 
the  law. 

By  this  time  a  small  crowd  had  gathered.  The  angry  dogcatcher 
pleaded  and  threatened  ...  in  vain.  The  hoop  skirt  stood  its  ground. 
Boos  of  the  crowd  increased  to  such  volume  that  the  dogcatcher 
finally  retreated,  nets,  ropes  and  all.  Whereupon  the  voung  lady 
retrieved  the  puppy  from  his  hiding  place,  clasped  him  safely  in  her 
arms  and  fled  for  home  with  maidenly  speed. 

The   hoop   skirt  had  won  another  round ! 


A  TRUE  STOKYBYM.Mt.  <  HAMBEBI.I.X 


What's  New! 

•  a  glimpse 
at  gadgets 

WITH  PEGGY  HIPPEE 

\J  ot  those  February  doldrums?  Then  here's 
the  remedy  .  .  .  simple,  cheap  and  promising 
lasting  effects  on  your  disposition  and  kitchen 
efficiency,  too!  Just  head  for  your  favorite 
gadget  departments  and  join  us  in  going  wild 
over   what's   new. 

EVR-SHARP  SLICER  ...  for  slicing  every- 
thing except  your  thumb.  This  R  &  L  Mfg. 
&  Sales  Co.  invention  takes  hours  off  prepara- 
tion of  vegetables  for  salads,  soups,  canning 
works  miracles  with  cheese,  hard-cookei 
eggs,  luncheon  meats:  reduces  potatoes  ti 
chip  or  shoestring  proportions  .  .  .  and 
with  the  twist  of  the  wrist.  Versatile  gadge 
consists  of  razor-sharp  blade  on  solid  met; 
platform  which  slides  on  the  frame  into  eig 
different  notches  to  give  thicknesses  desire' 
Definitely  a  must  for  every  kitchen  at  les: 
than   S1.00. 


PERFECT-SEAL  refrigerator  jars  .  .  .  provid- 
ing safe  storage  for  all  types  of  foods.  Manu 
factured  by  Perfect  Seal  Inc.,  of  Los  Angeles 
these  handy  jars  are  equipped  with  rubbe 
suction  tops  which  actually  seal  jars,  thu! 
eliminating  all  refrigerator  odors.  Easy  to  use 
if  you  follow  simple  directions:  sterilize  jar 
and  lid  (boiling  water  cannot  injure  sue 
tion  top).  Place  food  to  be  sealed  in  jar, 
either  hot  or  cold.  Wet  flat  lip  of  jar,  place 
lid  squarely  on  it.  Press  lightly  with  palm  of 
hand  with  slight  circular  motion.  Perfect  seal 
is  now  perfect.  To  open,  merely  insert  du 
knife  allowing  air  to  enter  jar.  Both  jar  an( 
lid  may  be  used  time  and  again.  Pints,  three 
for  $1.40:    quarts,  three   for  $1.50. 

SPOON  HOLDER  .  .  .  convenient  kitchen  timtj 
saver  that  keeps  cooking  spoon  where  you 
want  it  ...  on  the  pan,  not  slithering  into 
hot  gravies,  cream  sauces,  etc.  Manufactured 
by  Forbes  Specialty  Co.,  Pasadena,  this  little 
household  help  is  a  wire  spoon  holder  mounted 
on  a  metal  contrivance  that  slides  over  th< 
lip  of  any  cooking  utensil.  Thus,  you  cook,  stir, 
replace  the  spoon  in  holder  and  go  on  about 
your  business.  So  handy  for  long  sessions 
over  the  hot  stove  .  .  .  puts  an  end  to  th 
old  hunt -for -the -spoon -and  -mop-up-the-dri] 
technique.  Less  than  30  cents  in  housewares  de- 
partments the  country  over. 

PLUGMASTER  ...  an  electric  cord  tha 
works  miracles.  Has  an  automatic  adjuster 
plug  which  accommodates  itself  to  all  widths 
and  sizes  of  appliance  terminals,  fits  most 
any  appliance,  too.  Thus,  you  have  one  con 
for  iron,  coffee-maker,  toaster,  etc.  A  Farra- 
day  invention,  here's  a  time  saver  for  sure 
for  less  than  $1.50  in  electric  specialty  shops 

SILYERCRAFT  ...  an  instant  silver  cleane 
that  revolutionizes  your  home  polishing  jobs 
Made  by  Allen  &  Schuck  of  Los  Angeles,  this 
compact  kit  provides  you  with  the  wherewith- 
all  for  quicker,  safer  (no  hot  alkaline  solu- 
tions to  dim  luster),  easier  (no  heating,  no 
rubbing),  cheaper  (serves  a  lifetime)  silve 
polishing  .  .  .  Explicit  directions  show  how 
to  get  best  results  from  this  hand-processed 
alloy  metal  instant  silver  cleaner.  A  good  buy 
at  less  than  SI. 75. 

KLIPPER  .  .  .  the  revolutionary  clothespin 
that  won't:  snag  sheer  nylons,  stain  vour  best 
white  slip,  or  give  way  just  in  time  to  let 
your  fresh-laundered  bath-mat  hit  the  dirt. 
A  Carvenite  invention.  Klipper  is  plastic,  clean 
and  crystal  clear  (bright  shades  if  you're 
feeling  giddy).  It's  smooth  as  glass  over  all, 
has  a  powerful  rustproof  spring  that  hangs  on 
for  dear  life.  Look  for  it  this  month  in  your 
favorite  department,  variety  or  hardware  store. 


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Marimba  crepe  is  woven  with  Enka  Rayon.  B.  Altman  &  Co.,  New  York;  Neiman  Marcus,  Dallas;  Bonwit  Teller,  Philadelphia; 

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Caught  on  the  rocks:  shining  Rainbow  Trout, 
by  Tina  Leser  in  Bates  mermaid  cotton 


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Poised  on  the  threshold  of  a 
fashion  future  .  .  .  Chamikin, 
Bates-blended  acetate  rayon. 
Ted  Shore  carves  it  into  a 
frosty  dinner  dress  that  takes 
a  circlet  of  brilliants,  sweeps 
softly  to  the  hem,  then  curves 
back  to  show  a  shining  sandal. 


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Colifornio-by-the-yord  . . .  exclusive  at  one  fine  store  in  most  cities  .  .  . 

at  about  five  dollars  the  yard.  Write  for  store  name  and  folder  showing  patterns  in  full  color. 

Hoffman  California  Woolens,  Los  Angeles  14,  California. 


Look  for  styles  by  Stephanie  Koret  in 
"Vacation  Days."  a  Monogram  Picture 


In  a  whirling  pattern  of  pleats,  your  Tango  Dress  combines  softly  shirred  torso 
blouse  with  Perma-Pleeted*  skirt,  wearable  together  or  with  separates;  of  Jersanese** 

by  Celanese,  sizes  12  to  18,  about  $15.  At  fashion  stores  wherever  you  are. 
Looking  down  the  panel — Concertina  Encore  skirt,  about  $7;  with  Bracelet  blouse,  about  $8; 
with  Beau-Knot  blouse,  about  $6;  with  Beau-Tie  blouse,  about  $6.  Blouses  of  rayon  Trico  Jersey. 
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Youth  personified!  That's  lovely  Kay  Christopher... or  you. ..in  this  carefree  and 
cool  creation  by^OVtlof  California  in  Rossman  Spun  Rayon,  sizes  9-15 
in  Natural,  Gray,  Navy  Blue  with  Multi-colored  stripes. 


OF  CALIFORNIA 

...  of  better  stores  everywhere 

Boston  .     .     .     .     .     .     Jordan  Marsh  Co. 

Chicago     ....      Marshall  Field  &  Co. 

Indianapolis L.  S.  Ayers  &  Co. 


lot  Angeles Bullock's 

New  York     .     .     Oppenheim  Collins  &  Co. 

Oakland H.  C.  Capwell  Co. 

Son  Francisco The  Emporium 

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ifeWllvUfUl  ...a  dawn-Jo-dusk  dress  of  guileful 
simplicity  that  shifts  from  teatime  to  sports  mood  with 
a  change  of  accessories  . . .  knowing  College  or  Career 
Girls  and  Young  Marrieds  choose  it  in  several  of  the 
meltingly  lovely  colors  — aqua,  gold,  sand,  green,  navy 
—  as  the  mainstay  of  a  versatile  spring  wardrobe.  Sizes 
9  to  17,  $14.95 


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Los   Angeles,   California 


Viola  Dimmitt's  rain  or  shine  coat 
keeps  pace  with  the  seasons 

These  smart  stores  from  Coast  to  Coast  feature  Viola  Dimmitt's  originals  . . . 
J.  W.  ROBINSON,  Los  Angeles      •      HESS  BROS.,  Allentown      •      H.  P.  WASSON,  Indianapolis 

THE     CALIFORNIAN,     March,      1947 


Marjorie  Montgomery  designs  are  exclusive   with    <*T.  EATON  C?mitcd 

in  Canada 


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THE     CALIFORNIAN,     Morch,     1947 


MARCH 
1947 


I 


Eager-to-Swim  Water  Fashions 

Ever-so  versatile  Caltex  play- 
togethers.  Naturally  eager-to-swim, 
the  bra  and  shorts  can  star  in  a  tennis 
match,  cycle  cross-country,  brighten 
the  boardwalk.  The  doll-waisted  coat 
will  continue  its  gay  career  over 
countless  casuals  and  date  dresses. 
Famous  Celanese  Prospector  in 
Regatta  colors  . . .  sail  white,  noon 
blue,  trophy  gold,  mist  grey,  buoy 
black,  sizes  10  to  20. 
Bra  and  shorts  $11.95  ..  .  Coat  $14.95 

CALTEX   OF   CALIFORNIA 

2126   BEVERLY   BLVD.,   LOS   ANGELES  4 


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YOUR  ENGAGEMENT  .  .  .  announce 
it  with  these  smart  tinkling  bells  .  .  .  bright 
silver  tied  with  white  satin  bows  printed  in 
any  color  with  the  names  of  the  bride-to-be 
and  fiance.  Tie  to  cocktail  glass  or  teacup 
handle  and  add  sparkle  and  gayety  to  your 
announcement  party.  Order  one  for  each 
guest,  $1.00  each  or  $10.00  a  dozen.  John 
Beistel,  Weddings  and  Parties,  745  N.  La 
Cienega,  Los  Angeles. 

CALI-POLO  ...  a  belt,  California  polo 
style,  for  your  riding  clothes,  slacks,  suits. 
California  saddle  leather  in  natural  color 
with  twin  sterling  silver  hand-engraved 
buckles  .  .  ,  and  the  width  (about  3")  does 
smooth  things  to  your  waistline.  Priced  at 
$7.95.  For  the  name  of  the  store  in  your 
vicinity,  write  Phil  Sockett  Mfg.  Co.,  1240 
S.    Main,    Los   Angeles.    Established   in    1925. 

LOVELY  FOR  EASTER  .  .   orchids  of 

unbelievable  life-like  delicacy  and  pastel  tones 
in  feather-light  Celanese  Lumarith.  A  "must' 
for  your  Easter  gift  list  is  this  beautiful  an( 
treasured  flower  .  .  .  for  corsages  or  table 
decorations  that  live  forever  and  a  day.  Ask 
for  Coreen  Originals  at  your  nearest  gift  shop 
or  order  direct,  $10.95,  postpaid,  from  Hob 
son  and  Schultz  Sales  Co.,  1151  S.  Broad- 
way, Los  Angeles. 

GAG  PAIv  .  .  .  forty-eight  two-color  spicy, 
gag  cocktail  napkins,  14  king-size  mirthmaking 
matchbooks,  20  amusing  coasters  ...  all 
different,  and  artistically  packaged.  $2.50  at 
gift  and  department  stores,  including  Berg- 
dorf  Goodman,  New  York  City;  Thalhimer 
Brothers,  Inc.,  Richmond;  Marshall  Field  & 
Co.,  Chicago;  Chas.  Brown  &  Sons,  San  Fran- 
cisco. Created  by  Monogram  Co.  of  Cali- 
fornia,  1244  Larkin   St.,  San  Francisco. 

MILLINERY  MODERN  .  .  .  this  hat 

made  entirely  of  Lucite  is  a  "stopper"  as  well 
as  a  topper  .  .  .  for  Easter  you'll  head  the 
parade  with  this  novel  Jenne  Creation  in 
black  and  white,  gold  and  white,  red  and 
white.  Pleated  ruffle  simulates  starched  lace 
with  three  little  tailored  bows  on  a  shiny 
black  satin  ribbon.  Price  is  $12.95,  postpaid, 
from  House  of  Plastics,  3339  E  St.,  San  Ber- 
nardino,   Calif. 


THE     CAtlFORNIAN,     March,      1947 


SHOULDER  LOOPS  ...  in  gold  or 

silver,  patterned  after  those  worn  by  military 
aides.  Double  strand  loop  hangs  'most  to  your 
waist  and  the  four  chains  spreading  from 
the  pin  at  your  shoulder  give  a  striking 
"epaulet"  effect.  Wear  it  on  your  smart  tai- 
loreds  or  basic  dresses.  Top  rank  in  modern 
costume  jewelry.  About  $5.00.  For  the  name 
of  the  store  nearest  you,  write  Biltmore  Ac- 
cessories, 846  S.  Broadway,  Los  Angeles. 

CO-ED  ...  a  Starlet  of  Hollywood  crea- 
tion ...  a  perfect  campus  all-year  belt 
.  .  .  two-tone  contrasting  shades  to  match 
your  alma  mater's  colors  ...  set  off  with 
massive  gold  loops  and  buckle.  A  novel  belt, 
true,  but  uniquely  practical,  too.  About  $5.95 
at  leading  stores  throughout  the  U.S.  For 
the  store  nearest  you,  write  New  Star  Belt 
Mfg.   Co.,   407   E.   Pico,   Los   Angeles. 

BELINDA  PINK  EARS  ...  the  bunny 
who  writes  letters  to  children.  An  Easter  or 
birthday  gift  to  delight  youngsters  from  two 
to  ten  years  old  ...  a  letter  a  week  and  a  toy 
surprise!  Put  your  little  friends'  names  on 
Belinda's  list  and  a  gift  card  listing  sender's 
name  goes  with  first  letter.  Eight  letters, 
$1.95;  sixteen  letters,  $3.75.  Send  order  and 
check  to  Tiny-Tot  Gifts,  Dept.  2,  1834  W. 
llth  Place,  Los  Angeles. 

COPPER  REPLICA  .  .  .  a  diminutive 
of  grandmother's  old-fashioned  wash  boiler 
.  .  .  every  detail  authentic,  including  little 
wooden  handles.  Honest-to-goodness  solid  cop- 
per .  .  .  planted  with  your  favorite  greenery 
does  wonders  as  a  decorative  for  the  mantel 
or  focal  point  of  your  room.  It's  exactly  6V2" 
long  and  3Y2"  high,  and  exactly  $7,  by  mail, 
from  Savage-California,  2115  S.  San  Pedro, 
Los  Angeles. 

BABY'S  FIRST  EASTER  ...    a  gift 

suggestion  far  doting  grandparents  ...  an 
adorable,  exquisitely  hand-made,  silk  taffeta 
infant's  coat  and  bonnet  .  .  .  lace  trimmed 
.  .  .  darling  little  hand-painted  rosebuds  and 
satin  bows  .  .  .  fine  flannel  lining  for  warmth. 
Blue  for  boy  babies,  pink  for  baby  girls,  or 
pure  white.  The  set,  $14.95,  postage  paid. 
When  ordering,  indicate  color  choice.  Binnie 
Barnes'  Tot-of-the-Town,  13503  Ventnra  Blvd., 
Sherman  Oaks,  Calif. 


THE     CALIFORNIAN,     March,      1947 


Eager-to-Swim  Water  Fashions 

Another  of  the  famous  Caltex 
modern  classics  in  our  own 
"Sunfoam"  . . .  wonderful 
two-way-stretch  water  fabric 
developed  by  Caltex  to  mold 

your  figure,  yet  give  with  every 
motion.  It  deftly  blends  "Botany" 
Brand  worsted  and  Lastex. 
Inviting  sun  shades  . . .  foam  white, 
sea  aqua,  shore  pink,  sunny  yellow. 
Sizes  10  to  20...  $12.95 


CALTEX   OF   CALIFORNIA 

2126  BEVERLY  BLVD.,  LOS  ANGELES  4 


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...where  the  smartest 
Angelenos  get  together 
for  our  famous  luncheons 
and  dinners  .  .  . 
on  Beverly  Hills' 
"Restaurant  Row" 


Palo  Alto,  California 

Country  Dinner  in 
authentic    Victorian 

surroundings 
Browse   through  our 
shops   of  yesteryear 
El  Camino  Real 
two  miles  south 
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CONTINENTAL  FAVORITES 

for  your  discerning  taste 

From  11  A.  M.  Till  the  Wee  Hours 

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THE  CALIFORNIAN  presents  for  your  convenient* 
a  current  directory  of  thi  finest  restaurants  in  San 
Francisco  and  Los  Angeles  cultural  events  of  interest 
and  activities  that  make  'iving  in  California  or  a 
visit  to  our  state  the  mjst  enjoyable  for  you  and 
your  family.  Fine  foods  of  many  kinds  are  avail- 
able, and  vjhenever  possible  specialties  of  the  house 
are  listed,  names  of  the  mattres  d' hotel  and  days 
the    establishments    are    open.      Have    a    good    time! 

THE  RESTAURANTS 

IN  SAN  FRANCISCO 

PALACE  HOTEL— Market  and  New  Montgomery 
Sts.  World-famous  Garden  Court  serving  lunch,  tea, 
and  dinner.  Leonard  Auletti  and  his  concert  or- 
chestra. Ask  for  Joseph,  maitre  d'.  Also  Rose  Room, 
open  nightly  except  Monday,  with  Henry  Busse's 
dance  band.  Changes  March  20  to  Jean  Sablon  and 
Eddy  Oliver's  orchestra.  Cover  $1  weekdays,  $1.50 
Saturdays.   Adolph. 

CATHAY  HOUSE— 718  California  St.  In  the  heart 
of  Chinatown,  lunch  12  to  2,  dinner  S  to  10,  Sun- 
day dinner  only.  Pleasantly  redecorated.  Lunch  90c 
and  $1.10,  dinner  $1.75  and  $2.  Ernest  Tsang.  Au- 
thentic Chinese  food  only,  featuring  Hung  Ngon  Gat 
Chovi  Mein. 

OMAR  KHAYYAM— 196  O'Farrell  St.  Dinner  only, 
4  to  12,  Sunday  2  to  12,  $2.25  up.  Bert  Rustigian. 
Armenian  Shish  Kabab,  Tchakhokhbelli  and  Kouzou 
Kzartma    are    specialties. 

ST.  FRANCIS  HOTEL— Powell  and  Geary.  Mural 
Room  open  dally  for  lunch  and  dinner,  with  dancing 
from  8 :30  p.m.  except  Monday,  and  tea  dancing 
Saturdays  from  4-  to  5:30.  Hal  Pruden's  band.  A 
la    carte.    Ernest.    Order    almost    anything. 

LONGBARN— On  El  Camino  Real,  2  miles  south  of 
Stanford  University.  Open  for  dinner  only.  Closed 
Thursdays.  Ask  for  Willy  or  Eddy.  Dinners  $2.50  to 
$4.  Plan  to  eat  here  when  you  visit  the  peninsula. 
Country    farmhouse    style    with    women    chefs. 

RESTAURANTE  LOMBARD— 1906  Van  Ness  Ave. 
Dinner  only,  from  $2.50,  or  a  la  carte.  Bill  Lombard 
specializes  in  steaks  and  real  thick  roast  beef. 

EL  PRADO— Post  and   Stockton,  in  the  Plaza   Hotel. 

Lunch  11-2,  dinner  6-9,  closed  Sundays  and  holidays. 
Walter  is  maitre  d\  Service  London  style,  with  every- 
thing rolled  in  on  a  serving  table.  Chef  Maurice 
specializes  in   French  cuisine.   Roast  beef  best  item. 

STAR  LITE  ROOM,  Hotel  Sir  Francis  Drake— Sutter 
and  Powell.  Lunch  only  from  12  to  2,  buffet  style, 
for  $1.50.  Includes  hot  dishes.  Al  Field,  host.  You 
dine  22  floors  up  with  a  spectacular  view  from  every 
table. 

HIGH  BONNET— 20  p'Farrell.  Closed  Sundays.  Din- 
ner from  $2,  which  includes  Smorgasbord.  Ask  for 
Henri.    American    cooking   with    French   finesse. 

TONGA  ROOM— In  the  Fairmont  Hotel  on  Nob 
Hill,  California  and  Mason  Sts.  Open  4:30  p.m.  to 
1 ;3Q  a.m.  daily.  Hawaiian  band  plays  on  a  raft 
moving  slowly  up  and  down  a  swimming  pool,  with 
the^  dining  tables  surrounding.  Dinners  $3.50,  Hi- 
waiian  Ham  and  Eggs  at  $1.50,  or  a  la  carte. 
Henry  Degorog,  host.  Specialties  are  Gold  Braid 
Duck  and  Fresh  Haicaiian  Pineapple  stuffed  <with 
Ice    Cream. 

TARANTINO'S— 206   Jefferson   St.    Open    11    a.m.   to 


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11  p.m.  Dinners  $2.50  and  a  la  carte.  Dan  Sweeney, 
Jr.  and  Jack  Adams.  Seafood,  steaks  and  chops.  Food 
not  outstanding,  but  try  it  because  it's  on  Fisher- 
man's Wharf,  looking  directly  down  at  the  docked 
fishing  fleet  and  overlooking  Golden  Gate  bridge  and 
the   Marin   hills. 

PARIS — 242  O'Farrell  St.  Lunch  and  dinner  daily, 
but  no  lunch  on  Sunday.  Dinner  $1.50.  Typical  old 
San  Francisco  family-style  French  cuisine  in  plain 
surroundings.  Lots  of  crusty  French  bread  and  de- 
licious  soup.    Excellent   cooking. 

BLUE  FOX — 659  Merchant  St.  Dinners  only,,  closed 
Mondays.  Ask  for  Mario  or  Frank.  Dinners  from 
$2,  French  and  Italian  style.  Frog  Legs  Doree,  Bone- 
less  Squab,  Chicken  stuffed  with  <wild  rice,  Rex  Sole 
Marguerite.  In  an  alley,  not  bright  and  shiny,  but 
they  know  how  to  cook.  The  natives  eat  here. 

BERNSTEIN'S  GROTTO— 123  Powell.  Open  daily 
for  lunch  and  dinner.  Lunch  from  65c,  dinner  from 
$1.30.  Exclusively  sea  food  and  good.  Lobster  Prin- 
cess, Deviled  Crab  in  Shell,  Eastern  Oysters  on  Half 
Shell,  Fried  Prawns  and  Abalone  served  in  rooms 
built  like  a  ship's  interior. 

CLIFF  HOUSE — Point  Lobos  Avenue,  overlooking 
Seal  Rocks.  Dinners  daily  from  $1.50.  Seafood, 
Steaks,  Chicken  and  Roasts.  Eat  while  looking 
through  the  oversize  plateglass  windows  at  the 
ocean,  Seal  Rocks  and  Golden  Gate  strait. 


IN  LOS  ANGELES 


AMBASSADOR— 3400  Wilshire  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles. 
World-famous  Cocoanut  Grove  open  every  night  ex- 
cept Monday.  Saturday  afternoon  tea  dancing.  Freddy 
Martin's  Orchestra.  Dinners  from  $3.25.  Cover  $1, 
Saturday  $1,50.  Rouben.  Also  French  Room  from  noon 
ti  1  nine  and  Coffee  Shop  from  7  a.m.  to  midnight. 
Popular    prices. 

AKMSTRONG   SCHROEDER— 9765   Wilshire  Blvd., 
Beverly    Hills.     Good   family-type   cusine.     Reasonable 
I  prices,    with    Pete    Schroeder    to   greet    you. 

I  BAR  OF  MUSIC— 7351  Beverly  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles. 
Excellent  double-piano  on  a  stage  back  of  the  bar. 
Food  Good  small  band.  Two-dollar  minimum  on 
Saturday    and    Sunday. 

DON  THE  BEACHCOMBER— 1727  North  McCadden 
Place,  Hollywood.  Fried  Shrimp,  Rumaki,  Barbecued 
Spareribs,  Mandarin  Duck,  Chicken  Almond  and 
known  as  originator  of  the  Zombie.  Dinners  from  $3. 
Usually  crowded,  but  good   tourist  spot. 

BEVERLY  HILLS  HOTEL— 9641  Sunset  Blvd.,  Bev- 
erly Hills.  Palm  Room  open  Thursday,  Friday  and 
Saturday  nights  with  dancing.  Thursday  buffet,  $3.75. 
Dinner  a  la  carte  from  $1.75.  Good  food  and  you 
might    see    a    movie    star. 

II  BEVERLY  -  WILSHIRE  HOTEL—  9415  Wilshire 
b  Blvd.,  Beverly  Hills.  Tasty  food  in  Copa  d'Oro  and 
t\   Terrace  Room,   with  medium   prices. 

'  IBIITMORE  BOWL— 515  South  Olive  St.,  Los  An- 
il geles.  Best  place  downtown  for  good  food  and  good 
II  music,  with  Rum  Morgan  playing.  Two-dollar  din- 
.  ners,  nominal  cover  charge  and  two  floor  shows.  Nice 
II  for    tourists.    Closed    Monday. 

,  BOB  DALTON'S— 1056  South  La  Cienega  Blvd.,  Los 
|  [  Angeles.  On  famous  "Restaurant  Row,"  with  steaks 
|  j  the  specialty.  Reasonable  prices.  Closed  Monday. 

'  |  BROWN  DERBY— Four  of  'em!  9537  Wilshire  Blvd., 
j  Beverly  Hills,  where  you  may  see  celebrities ;  1628 
j  North  Vine  Street,  Hollywood,  where  you  can  catch 
many  an  autograph  at  lunch;  3377  Wilshire  Blvd., 
Los  Angeles,  where  vou  can  dine  in  "The  Hat" 
with  tourists;  and  4500  Los  Feliz  Blvd.,  Los  An- 
geles, where  you  can  eat  in  your  car.  Food  varies 
from    good    to    excellent.    Prices    medium    to    high. 

BIT  O'  SWEDEN— 9051  Sunset  Blvd  ,  Los  Angeles. 
On  the  famous  "Strip."  Good  food,  reasonable  prices, 
sometimes    smorgasbord.    Fine    for    tourists 

BUBLICHKI— 8846  Sunset  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles.  A 
bit  of  Russia  on  the  Strip.  Cutlet  a  la  Kirff,  Filet 
Mignon  a  la  Stroganoff,  Caucasian  Shashlik,  Rus- 
sian Blini.  Dinners  from  $3.  Hust,  Wally;  hostess, 
Jasmina.  Good  music  and  romantical    Closed  Tuesday. 

CASA  LA  GOLONDR1NA— 3S  Olvera  St.,  Los  An- 
geles, "the  first  brick  house  in  the  citv."  Historic 
Mexican   cafe.     Arroz    con    P;llo     Enchiladas,    Taroi. 


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Contour  Styling  .  .  .  Dan 
Gertsman's  magic  way  with 
skirts,  that  makes  them 
really  fit!  You'll  want  them 
in  fresh  white  and  cool  pas- 
tels like  these.  Skirt  on  the 
left  is  Botany  Brand's  wool 
gabardine,  the  others  are 
wool  flannel.  About  S10 
and  SI 3.  Write  for  name  of 
nearest  store. 


722     SOUTH     LOS    ANGELES     STREET.    LOS    ANGELES     M.CALIFORNIA 


With  spongy  crepe 
rubber  soles! 
Smooth  elk  leather 
in  Shasta  White, 
Sequoia  Red,  Mis- 
sion Brown.  About 
$7.  Write  for  name 
of  nearest   store. 


DAVID  FRANK'S  OF  CALIFORNIA  INC.,  600  e.  12th  st.,  los  angeles  15,  California 


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Dinners   frosi    $2.    Alfredo.    Closed    Sunday. 

CHAROUCHKA— 8524-  Sunset  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles. 
Another  bit  of  Russia  on  the  Strip.  Marrrma  and 
Papa,  "your  hosts,"  excel  with  atmosphere,  food 
and  soothing  music.  You'll  meet  Tommy,  too.  Closed 
Monday,    and    prices   fairly   high. 

CHASEN'S— 9339  Beverly  Blvd.,  Beverly  Hills.  One 
of  the  best  in  the  West.  Excellent  cuisine  and  plenty 
of    celebrities.     Expensive.    Closed    Monday. 

CIRO'S — 8344  Sunset  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles.  On  the 
Strip  and  luxurious,  with  name  bands  for  dancing. 
Expensive.    Celebrities,    sometimes. 

COCK  »N'  BULL— 9170  Sunset  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles. 
Fine  English  food  served  in  chafing  dishes  on  a 
Hunt  Breakfast  table.  Cornish  Pastry,  Shepherd's  Pie, 
India  Curry,  Steak  and  Kidney  Pudding.  Lunch, 
$1.50;  dinner,  $3.  Alma  Lloyd.  Open  from  noon, 
5:30    on    Sunday.    Good    for    the    discriminating. 

CRICKET  ON  THE  HEARTH— 106  North  La 
Cienega  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles.  New,  attractive  and 
excellent  English  food.  Blintzes,  too !  Old  English 
Bubble  and  Squeak,  Hungarian  Beef  Paprikas/:.  A  la 
carte,    reasonable.     Go. 

GOURMET— 6530  Sunset  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles.  Broiled 
Steaks,  Roast  Turkey,  Deep  Dish  Apple  Pie.  Dinners 
from  $1.  Frederick  Werder.  Lunch,  11:30-2:30; 
dinner,    5-8.     Closed   Monday. 

HENRI'S — 9236  Sunset  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles.  Excellent 
French  food  served  in  the  grand  manner.  A  la  carte 
and    expensive,    but   for   the   discriminating. 

HOUSE    OF    MURPHY La    Cienega    "Restaurant 

Row"  at  Fourth  Street,  Los  Angeles.  Madame  Gegue's 
Chicken  Creole,  Hamburger  and  Onion  Rings,  Million 
Dollar  Hash.  Your  host,  Bob  Murphy.  Wonderful 
Salads,  Beautiful  Steaks.  A  la  carte,  medium  prices. 
Open    every   day. 

KNOTT'S  BERRY  FARM— Buena  Park.  An  hour's 
drive  from  Los  Angeles,  but  a  tourist's  dream 
reported  in  Reader's  Digest.  Good  chicken  and  ham 
and  hot   biscuits.   Reasonable   prices.    Gift   shop. 

LA  RUE— 8633  Sunset  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles,  on  the 
Strip.  Tops  in  food  and  decor.  Crepes  Louise,  Crepes 
a  la  Peine,  Lasagne  Pasticciate,  Beef  Bourguignonne. 
From  noon  till  3  for  lunch  except  Sunday.  From  6  to 
11  p.m.  for  dinner.  Closed  Monday.  Felix  Cigolini. 
A    la    carte    entrees    from    $2.25. 

PERINO'S—  3027  Wilshire  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles.  In 
the  heart  of  the  smart  shopping  area.  Excellent  food. 
A    favorite    luncheon    rendezvous   for   society. 

READY  ROOM— Johnny  Wilson's  popular  ren- 
dezvous for  the  younger  set.  Big  fireplace,  deli- 
cious steaks,  informal  atmosphere.  At  365  No.  La 
Cienega  Blvd.,   Los  Angeles,  on  Restaurant   Row. 

ROMANOFF'S— 326  No.  Rodeo  Drive,  Beverly  Hills. 
Prince  Mike  caters  to  movie  stars,  writers  and  pro- 
ducers.  Expensive. 

SARNEZ— 170  No.  La  Cienega  Blvd.,  Beverly  Hills. 
Lew  Sailee  and  Harry  Ringland  have  an  attractive 
place,  with  good  food  and  good  music,  reasonably 
priced. 

SOMERSET  HOUSE— On  Restaurant  Row  in  Bev- 
erly Hills.  Fine  steaks,  a  la  carte  dinners,  nice 
atmosphere    and    expensive. 

SPORTSMAN'S  LODGE—  12813  Ventura  Blvd., 
North  Hollywood.  An  epicurean  delight  in  San  Fer- 
nando Valley.  Broiled  Lobster,  Chicken  Saute  a  Sec, 
Charcoal-broiled  Steaks  in  a  gorgeous  setting.  One  of 
the  finest  restaurants  in  California.  Jack  Spiros.  From 
5 :30    p.m.    Closed    Monday. 

SUNSET  HOUSE— 5539  Sunset  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles. 
Steaks,  Seafood,  Salad  Bowl.  Dinners  from  $1.50. 
S.   F.   Brown.     Every   day  from   five. 

TAIL  O*  THE  COCK — 1-77  So.  La  Cienega  Blvd., 
Los  Angeles,  on  Restaurant  Row.  Mac  McHenry  pro- 
vides excellent  food,  good  companions  and  a  pleasing 
atmosphere.  Hamburger  Diable  and  Fried  Shrimp  are 
specialties.  You'll  want  to  go  again  and  again,  and 
it's    reasonably    priced. 

TOWN  HOUSE— 2965  Wilshire  Blvd.,  Los  Angles, 
overlooking  Lafayette  Park.  Three  smart  cafes  to 
serve  you  .  .  .  Garden  Room,  Cape  Cod  Grill 
and  the  Zebra  Room.  No  cover  or  minimum  for 
dancing  in  Zebra  and  Garden  Room.  Excellent  food 
and    a   good    spot   for    the   tourist. 

VAGABOND  HOUSE— 2505  Wilshire  Blvd.,  in  the 
heart  of  smart  Los  Angeles.  New  and  with  the  Don 
Blanding  touch.  Curries  their  specialty.  Dinners  from 
4   on.    George.    Prices   medium.    Open   every   day. 


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VILLA  NOVA— 9015  Sunset  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles.  A 
charming  old  world  atmosphere  on  the  Strip.  Good 
Italian    food    and    good    service. 

THE  THEATRE 

PLAYS 

BILTMORE — New  York  stage  hit,  "Anna  Lucast-a," 
ends  March  18.  "Blackstone,  the  Magician"  from 
March  19  to  April  5.    Every  night  at  8:30;  matinees 


March   19  to  April   5.     Every  ni 
Wednesday,    Saturday    at    2:30. 


PASADENA  COMMUNITY  PLAYHOUSE— "Stairs 
io  the  Roof"  ends  March  9 ;  "The  Hasty  Heart" 
from  Mar.  12-23;  and  "State  of  the  Union,"  Mar. 
26-April   6.     Curtain   at   8:15;    prices  76c  to  $2. 

LAS  PALMAS  THEATRE  OF  ACTORS'  LAB— 
Sean  O'Casey's  "Juno  and  the  Paycock,"  directed  by 
Whkford    Kane. 

MUSICALS 

THEATRE  MART— Continually  playing  "The  Drunk- 
ard" every  night  at  8.  Famous  old-time  melodrama 
with  beer  and  pretzels.  Wonderful  tourist  enter- 
tainment   and    good    for    the   entire    family. 

EL  CAPITAN— Ken  Murray's  "Blackouts  of  1947,''' 
starring  Marie  Wilson  and  Ken,  every  night  at 
8:30,  with  plenty  of  matinees.  Variety  entertain- 
ment that  will   please.   Good  for  tourists. 

EARL  CARROLL'S  THEATRE  RESTAURANT— 
In  Hollywood  for  the  tourist.  "The  Vanities"  in  a 
new  show,  each  night  with  two  different  perform- 
ances at  9:15  and  midnight.  Girls.  Girls.  Three- 
thirty    with    dinner,    $1.65    without. 

VARIETY 

TURNABOUT  THEATRE— The  Yale  Puppeteers, 
Elsa  Lanchester  and  Lotte  Goslar  in  good  enter- 
tainment. Mar.  2-8  "Gullible's  Travels"  and  "South- 
ern Exposure;"  Mar.  9-15  "Mr.  Noah"  and  "About 
Face;"  Mar.  16-22  "Caesar  Julius"  and  "Vice 
Versa;"  Mar.  23-29  "Tom  and  Jerry"  and  "Turn- 
about Time." 

ELEANOR  ROOSEVELT— Modern  Forum  presents 
the  former  first  lady  Mar.  17  at  Shrine  Auditorium, 
8    p.m.   Prices   90   cents   to  $3.60. 

TRUDI  SCHOOP—  Famous  comic  dancer  at  Phil- 
harmonic Auditorium  Mar.    5-6   at   8:30. 

PAUL  DRAPER  AND  LARRY  ADLER— Dance  and 
harmonica  duo  Mar.  26  and  Mar.  29  at  Philharmonic 
Auditorium. 

GRAND  OLD  OPRY— Mar.  29  at  Shrine  Audi- 
torium at  8   p.m.  $1-1.50.   Family  entertainment. 

CONCERT 

JUSSI  BIOERLING — Metropolitan  Opera  Company 
tenor    at    Philharmonic    Mar.    3    at    8 :30. 

PERCY  GRAINGER — Concert  pianist-composer  at 
Philharmonic   Mar.    7    at    8:30. 

BLANCI I E  TH  EBOM — Metropolitan  mezzo-soprano 
at  Philharmonic   Mar.    11    at   8:30. 

PAUL  ROBESON— Popular  bass-baritone  at  Philhar- 
monic  Mar.    15    at    8:30. 

TRAPP  FAMILY— Singers  at  Philharmonic  Mar.  23 
at    8:30. 

THOMAS  L.  THOMAS — Noted  radio  baritone  at 
Philharmonic   Mar.   25   at   8:30. 

PHILHARMONIC  ORCHESTRA  IN  LOS  AN- 
GELES— Mar.  6-7  Charles  Muench,  Director  of 
Paris  Conservatoire  Orchestra,  will  conduct.  Gilles 
Guilbert,  piano  soloist.  Mar.  13-14  Raya  Garbousova, 
woman  cellist,  will  be  soloist.  Alfred  Wallenstein,  con- 
ducting. Mar.  27-28  Malcuzynski,  Polish  pianist,  so- 
loist.   Wallenstein  conducting. 

PHILHARMONIC  ORCHESTRA  TOURING  CALI- 
FORNIA— Mar.  2  in  Long  Beach,  with  Wallenstein 
conducting;  Mar.  9  in  Claremont,  Charles  Muench, 
conductor,  Gilles  Guilbert,  piano  soloist;  Mar.  16  in 
Whittier,  Raya  Garbousova,  cello  soloist ;  Mar.  1 8 
in  Santa  Barbara ;  Mar.  20  in  San  Jose ;  Mar.  21 
maiinee  in  San  Francisco;  Mar.  22  morning  ma  inee 
in    San    Francisco   "Symphonies   for   Youth;"   Mar.    22 

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this  pillar  can  hope  to  do  is  to  cream  the 
crop  for  you,  listing  a  few  of  the  best  and 
most   interesting. 

Speaking  of  connoisseurs  .  .  .  that's  you 
.  .  .  you  might  look  into  an  idea  that's 
fast  developing  in  Hollywood,  the  Record-of- 
the-Month  Club.  It  has  a  board  of  experts 
who  choose  the  favored  discs;  started  out 
picking  the  outstanding  popular  recording  of 
the  month  to  send  to  its  members,  and  now 
has  expanded  to  include  classical  and  folk 
music.  Operating  much  like  book  clubs  and 
based  on  the  same  principle,  it  saves  time 
in  ferreting  out  worthy  new  waxings.  So, 
for  your  consideration,  here  are  some  of  the 
best  of  the  newies: 
CLASSICAL  MUSIC 

Symphony  No.  4  in  b-flat,  Op.  60  by  Lud- 
wig  van  Beethoven.  One  of  the  romantic  mas- 
ter's least  heard  and  least  recorded  sym- 
phonies, given  an  exhilarating  and  sweeping 
performance  by  Sir  Thomas  Beecham  and 
the  London  Philharmonic  Orchestra.  This  is 
a   happy   work,   worth    owning.    Victor. 

Symphony  No.  41  ("Jupiter")  by  Mozart. 
A  completely  satisfying  symphony,  serene  and 
exultant,  beautifully  executed  by  Toscanini 
and  the  NBC  Symphony.  Mechanically  one  of 
the  best  recent  releases.  Victor. 
DEFIES   CLASSIFICATION 

"Hexapoda:  Five  Studies  in  Jitteroptera," 
by  Robert  Russell  Bennett,  played  by  Jascha 
Heifetz  and  his  magic  violin.  Hilarious  satire 
on  modern  jive,  serious  music,  low-down  gut- 
bucket  .  .  .  you  decide.  Whatever  it  is,  it's 
thoroughly  amusing,  fiendishly  difficult  music 
played   by  the   master  virtuoso.   Decca. 

SHOW  MUSIC:  "Finian's  Rainbow,"  new 
Broadway    musical    hit,    yields    an    album    of 


Kurt  Weill  music  covering  the  field  from  lyric 
nostalgia  for  the  Emerald  Isle  to  some  fine 
rhythm  numbers.  Several  hits  in  this  book 
("Old  Devil  Moon,"  "If  This  Isn't  Love")  also 
have  been  done  by  Charlie  Spivak.  Good 
soloists  and  the  Deep  River  Boys.  Victor. 
POPULAR  MUSIC 

"New  52nd  Street  Jazz,"  a  wonderful  album 
of  the  best  hot  jazz,  indispensable  for  those 
who  take  their  modern  jazz  seriously.  Top- 
notch  instrumentalists  led  by  Dizzy  Gillespie 
and  Coleman  Hawkins  include  such  stars  as 
Don  Byas,  J.  C.  Heard,  Charlie  Shavers, 
Jimmy  Jones  .  .  .  well,  they're  all  terrific. 
The  numbers  are  all  fresh  and  new,  all  out- 
standing.   Victor. 

"Misirlou"  and  "Far  Away  Island,"  the  for- 
mer an  imaginative  new  rendition  of  a  popu- 
lar Latin  American  tune,  the  latter  a  bit 
dreamy  .  .  .  both  highlighted  by  the  piano 
work  of  Skitch  Henderson  and  by  his  or- 
chestra. Capitol.  "Blues  at  Sunrise,"  sad,  sad 
song  well  sung  by  "Ivory"  Joe  Hunter  with 
Johnny  Moore's  Three  Blazers,  with  "You 
Taught  Me  To  Love"  on  the  reverse.  Pretty 
subtle    stuff,    quiet    and    haunting.    Exclusive. 

"What  Am  I  Gonna  Do  About  You?"  and 
"Beware  My  Heart"  provide  a  pair  of  goodies 
for  Margaret  Whiting.  Both  tunes  from  the 
picture  "Carnegie  Hall,"  both  well  designed 
for  the  Whiting  nuances.  Capitol.  "Baker's 
Dozen"  and  "Be  Fair  With  Me"  are  better- 
than-routine  solid  stuff  by  Buddy  Baker  and 
his  orchestra  with  a  good  vocal  on  the  latter 
by  Emma  Lou  Welch.  Exclusive. 

PERRY  PALPITATES 

"I  Gotta  Gal  I  Love"  is  a  rollicking  vehicle 
for  Perry  Como  and  he  more  than  does  it 
justice.  More  enduring  than  some  of  his  soul- 
ful numbers.  Good  backing  on  "What  Am 
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evening  performance  in  San  Francisco;  Mar.  23  in 
Sacramento;  Mar.  30  in  Claremont,  with  Lee  Pattison, 
piano  soloist;   and  Mar.   31  in  Santa  Monica. 

SYMPHONIES  FOR  YOUTH— Los  Angeles  Phil- 
harmonic Orchestra  each  Saturday  10:30  a.m.  until 
April   12. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  SYMPHONY  ORCHESTRA— 
Mar.  20-21  at  Los  Angeles  Philharmonic  with  Pierre 
Monteux   conducting. 

OPERA 

SAN  CARLO  OPERA  COMPANY— Mar.  1  last  two 
performances.  Matinee  "Madame  Butterfly ; "  eve- 
ning  "Carmen." 

SPORTS 

ICE  HOCKEY— At  Pan  Pacific  Auditorium,  8  p.m. 
Mar.  1  Los  Angeles  vs  San  Diego ;  Mar.  5  Los 
Angeles  vs  Oakland ;  Mar.  7  Los  Angeles  vs  San 
Francisco ;    Mar.    8    Hollywood   vs   San   Diego. 

HORSE  RACING — At  Santa  Anita:  Tuesdays  through 
Saturdays  at  1  p.m.  Mar.  1  Santa  Anita  Handi- 
cap .  .  .  classic  of  the  year  .  .  .  $100,000  added, 
for  3-year-olds  and  up;  Mar.  8  Santa  Anita  Derby, 
$100,000  added,  for  3-year-olds.  A  natural  fore- 
runner  for  the   Kentucky  Derby. 

BOWLING  —  National  Bowling  Congress  begins 
tournament  play  Mar.  27  at  National  Guard  Armory 
in    Exposition    Park. 

BOXING^ — Every  Friday  night  at  8:30  at  Holly- 
wood Legion  Stadium ;  exery  Tueaday  night  at 
S:30   at  downtown  Olympic   Stadium. 

WRESTLING — Every  Monday  night  at  Holtywood 
Legion  Stadium ;  every  Wednesday  night  at  down- 
town  Olympic  Auditorium. 

POLO — Regular  match  games  every  Sunday  at  2  at 
Riviera  Country  Club  Polo  Field,  off  Sunset  Blvd. 
on  the  way  to  the  beach. 

BASEBALL — Daily  exhibition  games  from  Mar.  7 
to  30  in  San  Francisco,  Sao  Diego,  Bakersfield, 
Ho'lywood,  Los  Angeles,  Riverside,  Anaheim,  Fuller- 
ton  and  San  Bernardino.  Teams  represented:  Pacific 
Coast  Clubs  and  Chicago  Cubs,  Chicago  White  Sox, 
New  York  Giants  and  Cleveland  Indians.  See  your 
California    daily    paper    for    playing    fields    and    time. 

OF  SPECIAL  INTEREST 

ACADEMY  AWARDS  PRESENTATION— Mar.  13 
at  Shrine  Auditorium.  Balcony  open  to  public  8  p.m., 
tickets   $3.60-$4.80.    Movie   stars    galore! 

WISTERIA  FETE— In  Sierra  Madre,  near  Pasa- 
dena, in  early  March.  Festival  and  queen  crown- 
ing under  40,000-foot  spread  of  vine  planted  in 
1893.    Beautiful. 

CAMELLIA  FESTIVAL— In  Temple  City,  near  Los 
Angeles,   about  March  8. 

DESERT    CAVALCADE— In    Calexico    on    Mexican 

Border  Mar.  13-14-1 5.  Big  celebration  and  pageant 
commemorating  ride  of  San  Juan  Bautista  de  Anza  in 

1774. 

NATIONAL   ORANGE   SHOW— In    San   Bernardino 

Mar.  13-23.  Thirty-second  annual  presentation  in- 
volving agriculture,  dancing,  movie  starSj  orange 
packing,  flowers,  4-H  and  government  exhibits  and 
the  midway. 

SPRING  FLOWER  SHOW— At  Fannie  E.  Morrison 
Horticultural  Center  in  Pasadena's  Brookside  Park 
Mar.  13-16.  Roses  and  daffodils  and  $2457  in  prize 
money. 

GARDEN  TOURS-^Girl  Scouts  in  Pasadena  sponsor 
tours  through  beautiful  gardens.  Beginning  Mar.  14 
and  each  Friday  thereafter  until  May  3 1 ,  the  fa- 
mous Santa  Barbara  gardens  will  be  open  for  tours, 
leaving  Recreation  Center,  100  E.  Carrillo  St.,  at 
2   p.m. 

CYMBIDIUM  SHOW— Santa  Barbara's  second  an- 
nual Cymbidium  Orchid  Show  Mar.  27-30  in  Na- 
tional   Guard   Armory.     Gorgeous. 

PHILOSOPHY  FORUM— At  University  of  Southern 
California  Mar.  4,  11  and  18.  Contact  Director  of 
School   of  Philosophy. 


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in  sungold,  lapis  blue,  bronco  tan.  9-15.  14.95 

•Reg.  U.  S.  Pat.  Off. 


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THE  Bfll  MARCHE . . .  «,.,..■,  ..„ 


Seattle    shops   •  • 


THE     CALIFORNIAN,     March,     1947 


17 


EMILY  WILKENS  SETS  THE  STYLE 
Unbelievably  bold  stri]>es  handled  deftly,  debonairly, 
with  striking  contrast  — that's  the  sort  of 
imaginative  design  you  can  expect  from  Emily^  ilkens. 
WALDES  KOVER-ZIP  SETS  OFF  THE  STYLE 
And  even  the  zipper  becomes  part  of  the  design 
—  because  it's  fabric-covered  to  blend  discreetly  or 
contrast  smartly  at  fashion's  whim,  Look  for  it  on 
the  smartest  styles  — ask  for  it  at  notion  counters  now. 

WALDES  KOVER-ZIP*    ±3" 

WAI.DKS  KOIILNOOK.  IM:.  LONG  ISLAM)  CITY  1,  N.Y. 


you're  a  beauty 


and  a  more  versatile  beauty 


never  trod  the  boardwalk! 


of  course  you're  cut  in  fleecy, 


downy  STROOCK  at  49.95 


Junior  sizes:  nude,  pink,  aqua,  red,  green,  blue, 
cockscomb,  gold.  Sizes  7  to  17 

Junior  Haven,  Third  Floor 

Misses'  sizes:  nude,  gold,  palmetto  green,  pink, 

blue,  red,  kelly,  black,  navy,  toast.  Sizes  10  to  20 

Coat  Department,  Third  Floor 


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THE      CALIFORNIAN,      March,      1947 


o* 


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cast 


Double  emphasis  on  coor- 
dinates: Barney  Max  se- 
ries in  Botany  Brand  fab- 
ric: jacket  and  skirt,  in 
white  or  eggnog,  about 
$40;  brown  or  black-n- 
white  checks,  about  $45 
.  .  .  mix  or  match  with 
slacks  in  white  or  eggnog, 
about  $13;  in  checks, 
about  $17.  Celanese  crepe 
blouse,  about  $10.  Sizes 
10-20,  The  Broadway,  Los 
Angeles;  Carson  Pirie 
Scott,  Chicago;  Jordan 
Marsh,  Boston.  "Bolero" 
shoes  by  llling  of  Califor- 
nia. Dorothy  Gray's  Trans- 
World  makeup.  An  Earl 
Scott      color     photograph. 


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Peggy  Hippee 
Serene  Rosenberg 
Rosemary  Seal 
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Virginia  Scallon 
Frances  Anderson 
Loise  Abrohamson 
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California  fashions: 

Coordinated  You   23 

Cut  to  the  Pattern  of  Her  Days 24 

Soft  Lights  for  Nights  26 

Coordinates  —  Interchangeable 28 

Coordinates  —  Mixmatchable    30 

Accessories  Plus  38 

Sum  and  Substance  of  the  Hat  40 

Spring  Calls  for  a  New  Suit 42 

Dressing  by  Design,  by  Florence  Shuman  50 

Shining  in  the  Rain  52 

What  to  Wear  in  California  in  March 53 

Men's  Fashions  in  Color  60 

California  features: 

And  They  Called  it  Oscar,  by  Virginia  Teale  34 

California's  Country  Club  of  the  Air  36 

"Look  Pleasant,  Please!"  by  Anne  Anthony 44 

In  California  It's 48 

California  beauty: 

Is  Your  Face  Your  Fortune?  by  Sharon  Terrill 46 

California  living: 

California  Cooks,  by  Helen  Evans  Brown _ 54 

Divide  and  Multiply,  by  Virginia  Scallon  56 


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big  all-round  luture...  Carson  s  25-inch  box- 
tof)f>er  sails  straight  through  spring  and  summer,  then  heads,  without  a  shiver,  into  fall.  Calilornia-tailored 
of  all-wool  Venetian  covert  for  you  to  wear  with  slacks,  with  suits,  and  with  dresses — day  and  evening. 
Beige,  kelly,  red,  white,  bright  navy.  Sizes  10  to  iS.  30.00  ■  women's  moderately  priced  coats,  fourth  floor 


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THE     CAIIFORNIAN,     Mnrch,      194  71 


COORDINATED 
completely  inte 
even  in  the  wa. 


of  saying  that,  ideally,  you  are  a 
in  your  thinking,  in  the  way  you  live, 
all  adds  up  to . . .  personality! 


I 


I  ■■src-  ■  I  •  ,>.;.*  I 


YOU  KNOW  the  kind  of  person  you  are  or  want  to  be . . .  your  clothes 
are  cut  to  the  pattern  of  your  days,  complimentary  to  you  in  line, 
in  color,  in  type.  You  call  this  wardrobe  coordination  and  divide  it 
into  three  parts: 

easy-to-wear  clothes,  functionally  right  foi 
fashions  picture-perfect  "at  home"  or  ir 
. . .  clothes  with  multiple  uses,  versatili 


AND  SO  WE  give  you  coordinated  fashions ...  seasonal  spice  for 
homebody  or  careerist,  for  city  or  country  living.  Here  are  fashions 
as  individual  as  you  yourself,  and  as  changeable;  fashions  with 
definite  color  affinity  that  multiply  two  or  three  basic  pieces  into 
half  a  dozec  ;fliix-matchable  skirt-slacks-shorts-blouse- 

jacket  Chan  dramatically ) . . .  spice,  too,  in  accessories 

that  inr  rsatility  of  your  basic  dress.  A  multiplicity  of 

Iriated  way:  to  you,  from  California. 


coordinated  you 


cut 


PHOTOGRAPHED  By  LA 


!! 


24 


THE  LADY  IS  "AT  HOME"   .  .  .  HER 


CLOTHES  COORDINATED  TO  HER  WAV  OF  LIFE, 


THE  PICTURE-BACKGROUND  OF   HER  OWN  DOMAIN. 


LETT,    A    MORE-THAN-FUNCTIONAL 


SLACK    ENSEMBLE    WITH    EASY    LINES    AND 


ORNAMENTAL    QUALITY    STARTS    ANY    DAY    OFF 


RIGHT    ...    BY    ROYAL    OF    CALIFORNIA,    IN 


SHIRLEY    STRUTTER   CLOTH,    SIZES    10-18;    ABOUT 


the  pattern  of  her  days 


$30    AT    THE    BROADWAY,    LOS    ANGELES;     HECHT 


CO.,  WASHINGTON,  D.  C. :   NATHAN'S,   GALVESTON. 


TO  TOWN   SHE  GOES,  ABOVE,  PERFECTLY 


TAILORED  IN  A  BREITMORE  WORSTED  TWILL 


SUIT    WITH    ITS    IMPORTANT   TWO-COLOR    NOTE; 


SIZES    10-18,    ABOUT   $+0    AT    KAUFMAN'S, 


PITTSBURGH;    GIMBEL'S,    PHILADELPHIA. 


LOWER  LEFT,  SHE'S  A  DECORATIVE 


HOSTESS,    NOW,    IN    DEMOISELLE'S    PURE    SILK 


HESS-GOLDSMITH    PRINT,    SIZES    S-16,    ABOUT    $55 


AT   BONWIT  TELLER,   PHILADELPHIA; 


HECHT   CO.,   WASHINGTON,   D.   C. 


25 


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soft 


m 


in 


lights  for  nights 


WISE  THE  WOMAN  WHO   KEYS   HER 
WARDROBE   TO    HER    HOME, 
WHERE    SHE'S    SURE  TO   BE 
COMPLIMENTED    BY    COLORS    SHE    LOVES. 

mmm  left,  zagri'S  sophisticated, 

UNFETTERED    BASQUE   GOWN    PLAYS    UP, 
ANIMATION    REFLECTED    IN    ITS 
FLOWERED    PRINT,    SUBTLE    HAREM 
PEPLUM;    A   COVER-UP  JACKET   FOR   LESS 
FORMAL   OCCASIONS   .    .    .    SIZES    10-16, 
ABOUT    $50    AT    J.    W.     ROBINSON,    LOS 
ANGELES;    MABLEY    &    CAREW    CO., 
CINCINNATI. 

j£      ABOVE,    FIRESIDE   CHARM    IN 
FIA'S    DEMURE    DUTCH    BOY    HOSTESS 
PAJAMAS    WITH    TROUSERS-LI  KE-A- 
SKIRT;    PEG    POCKETS,    TOO.    IN 
CELANESE  JERSEY,  SIZES  10-1S,  ABOUT  $30 
AT    BONV.TF    TELLER,    NEW    YORK. 
^^m    BELOW,  BLONDE  FLATTERY  IN  FIA'S 
DREAMY  SATIN  PEIGNOIR  WITH 
QUAINT    PETER    PAN    COLLAR,    TINY- 
LUCKED  YOKE;  ABOUT  $29  AT 
IS.    ALTMAN,    NEW    YORK.     1HLE 
CINDERELLA    PLASTIC    MULES. 


PHOTOGRAPHED   By   LARRY  VERNON 


AS    SPIRITED    AS    YOUR    DAILY    LIFE, 
THESE     SPORTSWEAR     COORDINATES 
FROM   KORET   OF   CALIFORNIA   ARE   DAY- 
LONG FAVORITES  .  .  .  STEMMING  FROM  THE 
CANDY-STRIPED  BLAZER  JACKET,  ABOUT 
$10,  THAT  GETS  A  THREE-WAY  PLAY: 
Jn  AT   LEFT,    FOR   TOWN-TROTTING, 
WITH   A  PONY  SKIRT   OF   SHETLAND 
WOOL,    ABOUT    $9. 

tmmm     RIGHT,    FOR    SPECTATOR    SPORTS- 
WEAR,    WITH    COBRA    RAYON    SLACKS, 
ABOUT  $9;  WOOL  SWEATER,  ABOUT  $5. 

AND  BELOW,  .  .  .  FOR  ACTIVE  PLAY, 
OVER  RAYON  GABARDINE  HALTER-SHORTS 
"TRICOMBO,"  ABOUT  $8.  INTERCHANGE- 
ABLE IN  RELATED  COLORS,  SIZES  12-18,  AT 
O'CONNOR,  MOFFATT  &  CO.,  SAN  FRANCISCO; 
YOUNKERS,  DES  MOINES;  HECHT  CO., 
WASHINGTON,   D.   C. 


interchangeable 


+ 


>  : 


mix-matchable 


CLOTHE  YOUR  MOOD  IN  MIXABLE  MATCHED 
FASHIONS,  QUICK  AS  A  WINK  TO  CHANGE 
FROM     SUN-BRIGHT     BREVITY     TO     ACTIVE 
SPORTSWEAR,   TO   CITY-SLICK   DRESS   ...    A    CON- 
CENTRATED WARDROBE   FOR  SUMMERS 
AT    HOME    OR    ON-THE-GO.    FROM    TABAK    OF 
CALIFORNIA    PRINTED    PASTELS    WITH    BLACK. 
■*■    FAR   LEFT,   MIDRIFF  BLOUSE  AND   SKIRT, 
BLOOMER    SHORTS,    ABOUT    $22; 

LEFT,  TWO  VIEWS  OF  THE 
HALTER   BRA    AND    BLOOMERS,    ABOUT    $9. 
^^    THIS  PAGE,  BLOUSE  AND  PEDAL  PUSHER 
ENSEMBLE,    ABOUT    $19. 

■  }  BELOW,  PROVIDES  WHEREWITHAL  FOR  STILL 

ANOTHER  TRADE-OFF;    BRA   AND    PEDAL   PUSHERS 
COMBINE.    PRINT  DRESS  NOT  SHOWN,  ABOUT  $19. 
EACH   GROUP,   SIZES   10-18,  AT  DESMOND'S, 
LOS  ANGELES;  F.  &  R.  LAZARUS,  COLUMBUS,   O. 
VAN    KEPPEL-GREEN    PATIO    FURNITURE. 


BLOOM  EK    : 


CHANGE     OF     PACE:    MONROE  LLOYD'S   WARDROBE  WITH   INTERCHANGEABLE  TENDENCIES,   FOR  ACTIVE  SPORTSWEAR  OR 

THE  LAISSEZ-FAIRE  ATTITUDE  .  .  .  EASY  BASIC  UNITS  IN  RAYON  GABARDINE:  JACKET  WITH   NEW  BACK 

PLEATS    (SKIRT   NOT   SHOWN),   ABOUT   $25;    SLACKS,   ABOUT    $9;    PEDAL    PUSHERS,    ABOUT  $9;    SHORTS,    ABOUT   $8;    JERSEY 

BLOUSE,  ABOUT  $9.    DRESS  FROM  THE  SAME  SERIES  "TAKES  TO"  SAME  ACCESSORIES,  ABOUT  $25.  IN  SHADES 

OF  SPRING,  SIZES  9  TO  15,  AT  A.   HARRIS,  DALLAS;   MAY    COMPANY,    LOS   ANGELES;    STEWART  &   CO.,    BALTIMORE. 


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PHOTOGRAPHED  BY  LARRY  VERNON 

CHANGE   OF  FACE:    shepps-fabert  takes  a  different  view  of  coordinates  .  .  .  these  two  basic  units 

FUNDAMENTAL   TO    YOUR    CLASSIC    WARDROBE,    WITH    MATCHING   COAT  ALSO  AVAILABLE.   THE   SUIT,   WITH    FLY- 
FRONT   SKIRT  AND  THREE-GORE  BACK,   PATCH-POCKETED  JACKET  WITH  BANDED  CUFFS,  ABOUT  $40  .  .   .  THE  DRESS,   WITH 

SURPLICE  ACCENT  AND  RAGLAN  SLEEVES,  ABOUT  $35  .  .  .  YOUR  CHOICE  OF  SEVEN  COLORS,  IN  BOTANY 
BRAND    GABERTWILL    WOOL    WORSTED    GABARDINE,    SIZES    10-1S,  AT  MAY  COMPANY,  LOS  ANGELES:   YOUNKERS,  DES  MOINES. 


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For  "Dangerous"  in  1935  and  "Jezebel"  in  1938,  the  one 
and  only  Bette  Davis  won  the  Hollywood  Oscar.  Inset 
is  Janet  Gaynor,  "America's  Sweetheart,"  whose  "Diane" 
in    "Seventh    Heaven"    was    tops    in    1929.     Remember? 


"It  Happened  One  Night"  captured  the  hearts  of  a  nation  in 
1934  and  Clark  Gable  and  Claudette  Colbert  took  the  trophies 
away  from  all  competition.  The  beloved  Marie  Dressier,  inset, 
toon  her  Oscar  in  1930  for  a  memorable  role  in  "Min  and  Bill." 


"The  Champ"  won  the  Hollyivood  Oscar  for  Wallace 
Beery  in  1931,  shown  here  in  a  scene  with  a  great  child 
star,  Jackie  Cooper.  The  same  year  George  Arliss  was 
presented    the    richly    deserved    prize    for    his    "Disraeli." 


For  "Lost  Weekend,"  Ray  Milland  carried  off  honors  in  1945, 
but  the  work  of  Emil  Jannings  in  "The  Way  of  All  Flesh"  will 
be  remembered  as  the  pinnacle  of  thespian  success.  Jannings  was 
honored  at  the  first  banquet  in  1929.  All  pictures  through 
courtesv  of  the  Academy  of  Motion  Picture  Arts  and  Sciences. 


AND  THEY  CALLED   IT  |s\|  ff  [  § 


A 


rguments,  suggestions  and  cigarette  smoke 
rilled  the  air  above  a  corner  table  in  a  famous 
Hollywood  restaurant.  It  was  the  autumn  of 
1928,  and  the  men  gathered  around  the  board 
were  founders  of  the  Academy  of  Motion  Pic- 
ture Arts  and  Sciences.  Their  discussion  had 
centered  around  a  proposed  award  for  the 
best  yearly  performances  by  an  actor  and 
an  actress.  The  problem  was:  What  sort  of 
award?  They  agreed  it  should  be  something 
of  simple  beauty,  something  symbolic  of  the 
achievements  it  commemorated,  it  should 
be  .  .  .'. 

"Something  like  this?"  asked  Art  Director 
Cedric  Gibbons.  He  pointed  with  his  pencil 
to  a  tablecloth  sketch  he  had  just  completed. 
There,  in  bold  black  strokes,  was  trouble  for 
the  laundry  and  glory  for  the  motion  picture 
industry  .  .  .  there  was  "Oscar"!  Oscar. 
.  destined  for  immortality  as  the  golden  sym- 
bol of  outstanding  accomplishment  in  cinema 
arts  and  sciences,  an  enduring  promise  of 
fulfillment  for  those  who  would  come  to 
stand  in  the  nimbus  of  greatness. 

Or  at  least  that  is  what  popular  legend 
tells  us.  Tracking  down  popular  legends 
makes  a  fine  pastime  for  a  rainy  day.  It 
was  raining.  The  first  step  was  to  put  in  a 
call  to  Cedric  Gibbons  out  at  MGM  studios  .  .  . 

"Yes,  I  made  a  sketch  of  Oscar,  but  it 
was  on  paper,  not  on  a  tablecloth,"  averred 
Mr.  Gibbons. 

"You  mean  to  say  you  weren't  sitting  at 
a  corner  table  in  a  famous  Hollywood  res- 
taurant? That  you  didn't  dash  off  a  little 
masterpiece   on   the   table   linen?" 

"Not  that  I  remember.  The  sketch  I  made 
was  during  a  meeting  of  the  board  members. 
We  were  sitting  around  a  table  all  right, 
but  it  was  a  big  polished  table  in  the  board 
room  and  I  can  assure  you  there  was  no 
tablecloth."  said  Mr.  Gibbons  positively. 

"But  everyone  insists  there  was  a  tablecloth. 
Maybe  you  went  to  a  restaurant  for  a  little 
snack  after  the  meeting?" 

"No,  the  meetings  were  always  long  and 
exhausting  in  those  days.  We  all  went  di- 
rectly home." 

"Maybe  you  did  it  at  luncheon  the  next 
day?  Maybe  a  few  of  you  gathered  .  .  . 
Douglas  Fairbanks,  Louis  B.  Mayer,  Frank 
Lloyd,  John  Stahl   .   .   ." 

"Well,  we  did   gather  often  in   those  days 


.  .  ."  Mr.  Gibbons  was  commencing  to  sound 
uncertain. 

"Then  there  could  possibly  have  been  a 
tablecloth?" 

"We— ell   .   .   ." 

"Everyone  says  there  was  a  tablecloth.  I 
like  the  idea  of  a  tablecloth,  it  makes  a  good 
story." 

"Yes,  I  can  appreciate  that.  Go  ahead, 
then.  Say  I  drew  it  on  a  tablecloth.  I  might 
have.  It  was  so  long  ago  I  don't  really  re- 
member." 

"Fine.   I'll  just  .  .  ." 

"But  wait  a  minute  ...  If  I  drew  it  on  a 
tablecloth  I'd  have  had  to  take  the  whole  table- 
cloth out  and  give  it  to  George  Stanley,  the 
sculptor.  Either  that  or  cut  a  piece  out  of  it. 
I  don't  remember  ever  carrying  a  tablecloth 
out  of  a  restaurant.   Or  even  a  piece  of  one." 

"You  could  have  made  another  sketch  later 
for  George  Stanley  .  .  ." 

Mr.  Gibbons  laughed.  "Yes,  I  could  have. 
Perhaps  I  did.  And  I  see  your  point  about 
its  making  a  good  story  .  .  ." 

That  was  that.  Mr.  Gibbons  made  a  table- 
cloth sketch  of  Oscar.  Very  dramatic.  Very 
colorful  stuff.  Everyone  likes  the  idea  of  an 
important  personage  dashing  off  something 
on  a  spanking-white  tablecloth.  Except  the 
launderies.  cf  course. 

Anyhow,  the  Academy  group  gave  Gibbons 
carte  blanche  in  the  selection  of  a  sculptor. 
He  contacted  Arthur  Millier,  Los  Angeles 
Times  art  critic,  who  was  reputed  to  have  a 
knowing  finger  in  every  local  artistic  pie. 

Millier's  suggestion  was  George  Stanley. 
Stanley  had  caught  Millier's  attention  when 
he  walked  off  with  the  coveted  Huntingtcn 
prize  for  student  sculpture  at  Otis  Art  Insti- 
tute. And  the  art  critic  was  even  more  im- 
pressed with  the  young  sculptor's  work  after 
viewing  his  one-man  show  at  the  Los  Angeles 
Museum  of  Art. 

Stanley  submitted  two  models  to  Gibbons. 
One  of  these  became  the  fabulous  Oscar,  a 
masterpiece  of  stylized  masculine  symmetry 
standing  ten  inches  high  and  weighing  six 
and  one-quarter  pounds.  The  hands  grasp 
a  crusader's  sword  and  the  feet  rest  upon  a 
reel  of  motion  picture  film.  The  figurine  de- 
picts guardianship  of  the  highest  traditions 
of  motion  picture  arts  and  sciences. 

(Continued  on  page  63) 


.  .  a  little  more 
than  six  pounds  of 
glittering  metal 
is  a  fortune  of 
jewels  in  holly  wood 
...  the  most 
coveted  award  of 
the  year 


by  Virginia  teale 


CALIFORNIA'S 


. .  .  FLYING  ENTHUSIASTS  AND 
PRIVATE  PLANES  ARE  CUTTING  THE 
PATTERN   FOR  YOUR   PLEASUR- 
ABLE WEEKEND  SOME  TIME  SOON 


w  w* 


At  the  luxurious  desert  oasis  of  La  Quinta 
.  .  .  out  on  the  Mojave  .  .  .  the  high-flying 
young  members  of  the  Aviation  Country 
Club  gather  for  one  of  their  most  memora- 
ble post-war  rendezvous.  At  the  top  they 
enjoy  the  beautiful  pool;  in  the  center 
photo  they  find  a  little  tinkering  will  do, 
and  just  above  you  can  visualize  the  pic- 
turesque setting  that  attracted  them. 


Saturday  morning, 
bright  and  early,  the 
planes  began  to  appear 
above  the  San  Jacinto 
Mountains  .  .  .  droning 
black  specks  on  the  hori- 
zon. They  flew  low  over 
the  red-roofed  bunga- 
lows of  the  desert  resort 
at  La  Quinta  .  .  .  out  on 
the  Mojave  .  .  .  and  cir- 
cled for  a  landing  on  the 
hotel's  private  airport. 
The  men  and   women 

who    lay    about    the    swimming    pool. 

browning  in  the  brilliant  sun.   watched 

the  sky  eagerly,  listening  for  the  sounds 

of  approaching  engines  often  before  the 

planes  were  fully  in  sight. 

"'.  .  .  here  comes  Wally  in  old  Betsy! 

.   .   .   that  must   be  the   Rhines  .   .   .  no. 

the  Myers!    .   .   .   look  at  the  new   Fair- 


COUNTRY     CLUB 


child  .  .  .  it's  Willard,  all  right!" 

One  by  one  the  planes  landed.  The 
passengers  climbed  down  .  .  .  some 
wearing  Hying  or  sport  togs  .  .  .  others 
still  dressed  in  their  business  clothes. 
These  sportsmen  .  .  .  and  women  .  .  . 
pilots  are  members  of  the  Aviation 
Country  Club  of  California,  a  heter- 
ogeneous group  of  people  whose  sole 
bond  is  their  enthusiasm  for  pleasure 
flying  .  .  .  just  as  you  or  I  might  want 
to  do.  From  all  over  the  Southwest 
they  were  coming  in  their  own  planes 
to  spend  a  weekend  at  La  Quinta.  Twen- 
ty miles  out  in  the  desert  from  Palm 
Springs  and  almost  surrounded  by 
mountainous  crags,  the  resort  lies  just 
off  the  highway  ...  a  green,  land- 
scaped oasis  in  the  sandswept  wilder- 
ness. Before  the  day  was  over,  guests 
had  flown  from  Los  Angeles  and  Fresno. 
Carmel.  Salinas.  Santa  Barbara  and: 
Pebble  Beach.  One  party  came  in  from 
Phoenix  and  another  landed  in  a  plane 
which  had  left  Dallas  only  a  few  hours 
before. 

These  were  ordinary  people  .  .  .  busi- 
nessmen and  housewives  .  .  .  with  or- 
dinary jobs  and  families,  and  like  thou-j 
sands  of  other  Americans,  they  have  the 
get-away-from-it-all  fever  from  time  to 
time.  In  their  own  way  they  have  real- 
ized the  dream  of  glamor-glutted  copy- 
writers and  bubbling  promoters  to  live 
up  to  the  twentieth  century,  speeding 
from  work  to  play,  geared  to  the  world] 
they  live  in  .  .  .  dedicated  to  the  Cali- 
fornia way  of  life. 

Back  in  1936  this  airborne  club  wasj 
formed  by  eleven  men.  owners  of  private 
pilot's  licenses  and  small  aircraft,  who! 
wanted  to  see  landing  fields  and  avia-l 
tion  facilities  mushroom  up  in  the  wide-: 
ly  separated  regions  of  the  \$  est.  To- 
day, 190  members  make  up  the  Aviation' 
Country  Club,  a  non-profit  organization!] 
with    a    program    of    regular    weekend' 


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junkets  to  interesting  places. 

Over  the  years  the  group  has  down 
to  Death  Valley,  north  to  Monterey  and 
Manzanar,  to  Big  Bear,  and  once  .  .  . 
during  its  construction  ...  to  Boulder 
Dam.  They  have  flown  across  the  Mexi- 
can border  to  Ensenada  and  to  Corona- 
do,  where  special  permission  was  grant- 
ed them  to  land  at  the  Naval  Air  Sta- 
tion. Last  year  they  journeyed  into  the 
Sierras  to  the  Arcularis  Ranch,  8000 
feet  above  sea  level.  But  possibly  their 
most  memorable  trip  took  place  on  De- 
cember 7,  1941,  when  all  hands  were 
grounded  in  the  middle  of  the  Mojave 
.  Desert  immediately  after  the  attack  on 
Pearl  Harbor. 

On  our  particular  weekend  at  La 
Quinta,  excitement  mounted  with  the 
arrival  of  each  new  plane.  Members 
who  had  not  seen  each  other  all  through 
the  war  were  coming  out  of  the  sky  to 
neet  again  in  this  isolated  desert  ren- 
dezvous.   One  of  the  first  to  land  was 


past  president  Norman  Larsen  and  his 
wife  in  a  Beechcraft  18  ...  an  exact 
duplicate  of  the  ship  which  Tyrone 
Power  took  to  South  America  on  his 
goodwill   tour. 

There  was  Wally  Timm,  brother  of 
the  owner  of  Timm  Aircraft;  Willard 
E.  Hagelin,  owner  of  the  Hagelin  Air- 
craft and  Motors  Company;  Ralph  Car- 
ter of  the  Beverly-Wilshire  Hotel  in 
Beverly  Hills,  and  John  Rockwell,  man- 
ager  of   the  Adams   Hotel   in   Phoenix. 

Attorney  Bertrand  Rhine  and  his  wife 
flew  in  from  Los  Angeles,  followed 
closely  by  Al  Lary,  nationally  known 
stunt  flyer,  and  blonde  Tony  Hagmann. 
girl  pilot  and  correspondent  for  Avia- 
tion News  and  Western  Flying. 

Johnny  Myers,  the  "Legal  Eagle," 
and  his  pretty  wife,  Lucia,  were  there, 
too.  Myers,  who  at  30  is  one  of  the 
"old  men  of  aviation,"  has  had  a  career 
rarely  equalled  for  contrast.  After  at- 
tending    several     of     the    leading    law 


schools  of  America,  he  developed  an 
excellent  practice,  only  to  abandon  it 
for  the  war  job  of  test  pilot  for  Lock- 
heed and  Northrop.  Johnny  tested  the 
famous  "black  widow"  plane,  whose 
night  bombing  missions  became  anath- 
ema to  the  enemy,  but  he  left  off  testing 
to  become  vice-president  in  charge  of 
sales  for  Northrop  Aircraft. 

Another  test  pilot  in  the  party  was 
Max  Stanley,  who  holds  the  record  of 
handling  the  heaviest  craft  ever  to  go 
in  the  air.  Dr.  Bartlett  C.  Shackelford, 
well-known  Long  Beach  surgeon,  flew 
over  in  his  private  plane,  as  did  Ben 
McGlashen,  owner  of  a '  Los  Angeles 
radio  station. 

Then  there  was  Ross  Hadley.  Head 
of  the  Hadley  Publishing  Company, 
this  famous  sportsman  pilot  flew  a  plane 
around  the  world  in  1929-30  .  .  .  before 
Richard  Halliburton's  much-heralded 
trip.  Hadley  claims  the  record  of  not 
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-^s 


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; 


CALIFORNIA'S  BASICALLY  PERFECT  SUIT  IS  YOUR 

TURNABOUT    CHOICE   FOR    URBAN    OR    FOR   RURAL  JAUNTS.     CITY   VERSION 

.    .   .    LEFT,   SELF-BELTED    SUIT   FROM   ADELE-CALIFORNIA 

IN    AMERICAN    WOOLEN    CO.    GABARDINE;    ABOUT    $70,    AT    JOSKE'S,    SAN    ANTONIO; 

THE  BON   MARCHE,   SEATTLE;    DONALDSON'S,   MINNEAPOLIS. 

THIS  TIME  IT   WEARS  DEAUVILLE  MODELS'   PURE  SILK  BLOUSE 

$19.95  .  .   .   PLUS  SHINING  HAND-WROUGHT  SILVER  FROM  CALIFORNIA 

ACCESSORIES   .    .    .    NELSON   POWER'S  BELT,    SMOOTH    AND    FLAT 

FOR  SUAVE  INTEREST  WHEN  THE  JACKET  COMES  OFF.     COUNTRY-WISE    .    .    .    WEYMAN'S    HIGH,    HIGH    HAT    OF 

MILAN    AND   RIBBON.    SBICCA'S   SLING   PUMPS   OF   SMOOTH    CALF,   LUCIE  LOWEN'S   MATCHING  BAG  AND 

GLOVES  OF  SOFTEST  CAPE  .  .  .  RIGHT,  THE  SAME  SUIT  CHANGES  PACE  WITH  THE   SOLID  BRIGHT  COLOR 

OF  MAURICE  HOLMAN'S  SWEATER  AND  GAILY  BLOCK-PRINTED  SILK  SCARF,  CALIFORNIA  ACCESSORIES;   PLUS 

HANSI'S   WHIMSICAL  HAND-CROCHETED    HAT,   ILLING'S   CASUAL  WEDGE  SHOE  OF  SADDLE  WITH 

MATCHING     OVER-SHOULDER   BAG.    SHORTIE    STRING    GLOVES.     DOUBLE   PLAY   OF 


NELSON    POWER'S  TWO-IN-ONE  BELT  ADDS  TO  THE  FUN. 
PHOTOGRAPHED  By  LARRY  VERNON 


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SHAPES  OF   HATS  TO  COME  WITH    SPRING! 
BUMPER    SAILORS,    ROMANTIC 

MILANS    SET    SQUARE    ON    THE    HEAD  .  .  .  PILLBOXES 
THAT  STAND  FLOWERS  STRAIGHT  UP  FRONT 
.  .   .   EXAGGERATED  BERETS,   SUBTLY- 
FORMED    SHANTUNGS,     FACE-FRAMING,    LOVELY. 
VEILS,    FLOWERS   AND   JERSEY   DRAPINGS   FOR 
THE  FEMININE,  PINK  AND  HONEY  FOR 
ALL  .    .    .   THE  TREND   IS   A   PRETTY 
ONE,   SLANTED  TOWARD   IN- 
DIVIDUALITY. 

1.  MILAN  TRI- 
CORN,  WEYMAN. 

2.  GROSGRA1N 
SWIRLS,    DeVILLAR. 
S.  PARASOL-WEARING 
STRAW,    GRACE    NUGENT. 
4.  ROSES  AND  SHANTUNG  STRAW 
YVONNE.      5.    FINE  JERSEY   DRAPES  THE 
HAIR,  MONICA.    6.  BONNET  WITH  BOWS, 
PHIL  STRANN.    7.  SHANTUNG  STRAW, 
BILLY    GORDON.     8.    CLOCHE    SAILOR,    SUZY    LEE. 

9.  EXAGGERATED   BERET,    CASPAR-DAVIS. 

10.  BLACK   AND    WHITE,    MILAN    AND    TAFFETA 
JOSEPHI.    11.  BUMPER  SAILOR  IN  PINK  PINE- 
APPLE STRAW,  BROWN  VEIL.  LESLIE-JAMES. 
12.  BEES  ON  HONEY-COLOR  FELT,  SOREL. 
JEWELRY    BY    BILTMORE   ACCESSORIES. 


SUM 
AND 

SUBSTANCE 
OF  THE 


FIRST   TO   ANSWER   THE   CALL   OF    SPRING 
FOR    SOMETHING   NEW,    SOME- 
THING  DIFFERENT  .   .   .   THIS   YEAR   YOUR    SUIT 
HAS   FREEDOM    FLARING   IN 
CUTAWAY    AND    PEPLUM,    IN    EASY    FLOWING    LINES. 
RIGHT,  LILLI  ANN'S  DASHING  CUTAWAY   IN  • 
MENSWEAR  GRAY  WORSTED  MAKES  A  DRAMATIC 
ENTRANCE:  SIZES  10-18,  ABOUT  $70  AT 
BEDELL'S,    PORTLAND; 
CARSON   PIRIE  SCOTT,   CHICAGO. 
OPPOSITE  PAGE,  LEFT,  NATHALIE  NICOLI   USES  • 
DRESSMAKER  FINESSE  IN  A  SOFT  SUIT  OF 
JOHN   WALTHER  WOOL   CREPE,   ROSETTE  MOTIF, 
SIZES  10-18,  ABOUT  $85  AT  J.  J.  HAGGARTY,  LOS  ANGELES. 
A.    HARRIS,    DALLAS. 
RIGHT,  FONTANA  PUTS  LONG-AWAITED  PLEATS  • 
FRONT  AND  BACK  IN  SKIRT  OF  SUIT  OF  FINE  GABAR- 
DINE; HAND-PICKED  DETAILS,  SIZES  10-1S,  ABOUT  $60  AT 

DEWEES,  PHILADELPHIA. 


SPRING 


CALL 


:0R  A  NEW 


When  you  have  retouched  as  many  portrait 
negatives  as  I  have  you  come  to  one  conclu- 
sion. More  people  than  anybody  have  their 
pictures  taken  in  Hollywood.  The  demand  is 
so  great  that  the  photo  retoucher  is  worth 
her  weight  in  nylons.  The  whims  of  these  glamor 
seekers,  from  the  drive-in  busboy  to  the  society 
deb,  are  both  astonishing  and  amusing. 

"Would  you  add  a  few  wavy  hairs  to  this  one?" 
wrote  one  photographer  to  me. 

"A  few  hairs?"  I  said  aloud  as  the  light  from 
my  retouching  desk  illuminated  the  bald  head  on 
the  negative.  Across  my  mind  skipped  possibili- 
ties. Should  I  put  those  few  hairs  .  .  .  wavy,  if 
you  please  .  .  .  over  the  man's  right  eye  a  la 
Veronica  Lake,  coy-like,  or  give  him  a  few  divided 
evenly  on  each  ear?  I  did  neither.  Instead  I 
telephoned  the  photographer. 

"Bill,  where  would  you  like  those  curly  locks?" 

"Oh,  that!"  Bill  laughed.  "I  thought  I'd  hear 
from  you  on  that  one.  I  couldn't  talk  the  customer 
out  of  it.  so  do  the  best  you  can.  He  wants  wavy 
hair." 

"Parted  on  which  side?"  I  asked. 

"Oh,  gosh.    I'll  have  to  call  you  back." 


hair  and  blemish  is  accurately  recorded.  Only  the 
retoucher  with  pencils,  dyes  and  knives,  working 
on  an  emulsion  a  thousandth  of  an  inch  thick,  can 
skillfully  maintain  the  glamorized  impression  the 
public  has  of  itself. 

Take  the  meek  little  girl  who  has  her  picture 
taken.  She  gets  her  proofs  and  picks  the  pose  she 
likes  the  best.  Then  what  happens?  "Put  this  in, 
take  that  out."  The  order  clerk  marks  up  the 
proof  so  that  it  resembles  a  doodler's  attempt  on 
a  billboard,  and  sends  it  to  me. 

Now  the  fun  begins.  I  etch  in  long,  sweeping 
eyelashes,  carve  a  full  sensuous  mouth  from  a  tight 
prim  one.  and  flick  away  the  stray  hairs.  Then 
with  a  needle-sharp  pencil  a  baby  complexion  is 
stippled  and  the  bags  come  out  from  under  the 
eyes.  Presto!  Miss  America!  And  the  little  gal 
actually  believes  she  resembles  the  finished  photo- 
graph. 

Then  there  is  friend,  wife  who  views  the  proofs 
of  her  sparsely  haired,  bespectacled  spouse  with 
a  critical  eye.  I  don't  know  whether  it's  love  that 
makes  her  see  the  opposing  half  as  a  cross  between 
Adonis  and  the  current  male  movie  heart  throb,  but 
whatever  it  is,  she  insists  that  I  shape  his  side- 


"LOOK  PLEASANT,  PLEASE!" 


A  few  minutes  passed  .  .  .  then  .  .  .  "Hey,  part  it 
on  the  left." 

With  my  etching  knife  on  a  piece  of  flimsy  film 
I  carefully  etched  in  the  finest  crop  of  wavy  hair 
this  side  of  a  beauty  shop. 

Truth  is  stranger  than  the  movies.  The  parade 
of  crosseyed  children  whose  eyes  need  straighten- 
ing, buck-toothed  he-men  who  need  retouching  den- 
tistry, and  quadrupled-chinned  matrons  who  could 
use  a  bit  of  face  lifting,  are  mild  compared  to 
the  "Brides  in  Season"  shenanigans.  Add  a  bust, 
shave  off  a  bustle,  add  posies  to  the  bridal  bouquet, 
sponge  and  press  the  bridegroom's  pants,  button  his 
coat,  fix  his  tie,  remove  the  candlesticks  from  be- 
hind the  bride's  shoulders,  lengthen  her  train,  give 
her  more  veil,  and  oh,  brother,  does  the  retoucher 
get  a  workout! 

Glamor  with  a  capital  "G"  is  the  byword.  If  all 
negatives  taken  were  printed  exactly  as  the  camera 
registered  them,  there  certainly  would  be  a  howling, 
angry  public.   The  camera  doesn't  lie,  so  each  stray 


pity  the  poor  retoucher ...  she  builds 

bodies . . .  erases  bags  and 

wrinkles ...  draws  eye  lashes  and  tries  to  make 

most  everyone  look  like  somebody  else 


burns,  strengthen  the  weak  muscles  under  his  eyes, 
give  him  a  stronger  chin  and  model  a  new  nose. 
Does  she  want  him  as  is?  Of  course  not! 

Hollywood  mothers  with  precious  counterparts 
have  a  habit  of  throwing  curves  at  the  retoucher. 
A  long  winding  curve  came  my  way  the  other  day 
bearing  freckles,  ears  at  a  ninety-degree  angle  and 
a  mouth  minus  two  front  teeth.  Did  mama  choose 
the  pose  of  the  lad  in  the  three-quarter  front  view 
with  his  mouth  closed?  No!  She  wanted  the  full- 
front  grinning  view  and  blithely  asked  that  the 
freckles  be  removed,  two  new  teeth  put  in  and  the 
ears  pinned  back.  And  the  matronly  dowager  who 
sat  for  her  portrait  with  her  pet  Pekinese.  At  the 
precise  moment  the  Peke  sideswiped  her  cheek  with 
his  tongue.  From  all  the  proofs  she  liked  that  one 
best,  but  "Please,"  said  she.  "remove  the  tongue 
from   my   cheek." 

There's  never  a  dull  moment.  I  really  enjoy  the 
work  and  when  a  photographer  telephones  and 
starts  out.  "Honey,  how  busy  are  you?"  in  a  hope- 
ful voice,  I  know  he  isn't  on  the  verge  of  asking 
for  a  date.  Invariably  I  say,  "Well,  not  too."  Be- 
fore he  says  a  word  I  know  it  will  be  a  nose- 
shortening  number  or  a  plastic  surgery  job  on  a 
lopsided  jaw.  Recently  a  bride  was  dissatisfied 
with  her  newly  acquired  bridegroom.  Severing  re- 
lationships is  a  matter  of  course,  so  I  obliterated 
him   and   the   bride   stood   serenely  alone. 

The  photographically  conscious  Hollywood  pub- 
lic becomes  more  demanding  every  day.  Mrs.  Jones 
sees    pretty    Barbara    Stanwyck   modeling   a    prim. 


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by  ANNE  J.  ANTH  ONY 

print  dress  in  one  of  the  fashion  magazines.  The 
shot  is  sharp,  crisp  and  clearly  shows  the  print  of 
the  dress  to  advantage.  Next  time  Mrs.  Jones  has 
her  picture  taken  she  has  that  fashion  picture  in 
mind,  only  she  doesn't  tell  the  photographer  until 
she  sees  her  proofs.  One  such  Mrs.  Jones  had  me 
pencilling  in  sharp  daisies  on  her  print  dress  for 
almost  two  hours. 

Mr.  Jones  also  is  aware  of  advertisements.  He 
feasts  his  eyes  on  one  of  the  pipe  ads  showing  a 
handsome,  tanned  outdoor  type  male  model  holding 
a  pipe  in  his  hand  and  leaning  on  his  right  elbow. 
Mr.  Jones  gets  outdoors  to  go  back  and  forth 
to  work  and  his  only  exercise  consists  of  push- 
ing   a    pencil    in    a    bookkeeper' s    cage.     Still    he 


wants  to  look  rugged  in  a  photograph.  His  sagging 
neck  muscles  and  anaemic  face  really  get  a  work- 
ing over.  Of  course  he  looks  ten  years  younger, 
but  you  could  never  convince  him  of  that.  The 
finished  photo  makes  him  literally  beam,  and  with 
sincerity  he  remarks,  "It  looks  exactly  like  me!" 

So,  as  long  as  there  are  pugilists  who  want  to  lose 
their  cauliflower  ears,  teen-agers  who  care  not  for 
their  teeth  braces,  babies  whose  heat-rashed  skins 
require  retouching  talc.  Adam's  apples  begging  for 
a  return  passage  to  the  Garden  of  Eden,  cords  in 
necks  that  should  be  lost,  and  the  hundred  and  one 
defects  that  flesh  is  heir  to,  photo  retouching  .  .  . 
the  behind  the  scenes  Miracles.  Inc.  ...  is  here  to 
stay.    And  blessed  are  we. 


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I 


a  coordinated  makeup  is  one 

sure  step  to  beauty 

by  sharon  terrill 


•  To  look  beautiful  this  season  .  .  .  make  up  your 
mind  to  make  up  your  face!  This  calls  for  a  planned 
approach:  make-up  properly  applied,  harmonizing  in 
color  values,  altering  through  pigmentary  magic  any 
facial  faults,  and  the  underlining  of  your  good  points, 
too. 

But  before  you  begin  these  steps  to  beauty,  check  on 
two  things.  Do  you  have  the  proper  tools?  A  good 
cleansing  cream  and  tissues,  make-up  base,  powder, 
rouge,  mascara,  eyebrow  pencil,  eye  shadow,  lipstick 
and  complexion  brushes.  Sounds  like  quite  an  array, 
doesn't  it?    But  the  end   more  than  justifies  the  means. 

The  other  consideration  of  paramount  importance  is 
the  color  selection  of  your  cosmetics.  Check  your  own 
coloring  .  .  .  nature  does  a  pretty  fair  job  of  harmon- 
izing your  skin,  hair  and  eye  tones,  though  she  may 
not  be  emphatic  enough  to  suit  you.  Then  check  your 
wardrobe.  If  your  clothes  colors  lean  to  the  tawny  shades 
.  .  .  golds,  browns,  clear  reds,  orange,  yellow,  and  the 
complementary   greens   ...  be  sure  your  powder  base. 


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powder,  lipstick  and  rouge  reflect  the  same  spectrum. 
You  need  base  and  powder  glowing  with  golden  tones; 
a  clear  orange-red  or  red  lipstick  and  rouge.  If  you 
lean  to  blues,  to  blued  reds,  purples,  fuchsia,  choose 
cosmetics  with  a  bluish  cast.  And  don't  make  the  mis- 
take of  trying  to  use  a  bluish  red  lipstick  with  a  golden- 
toned  foundation.  It  makes  your  skin  look  yellow,  your 
lips  unhealthily  dark.  To  play  it  safe,  you  can  stick 
to  flesh  tones  of  pink  with  a  true  rose-red  lipstick  for 
your  make-up,  harmonizing  with  almost  any  costume 
color. 

In  short,  remember  your  face,  as  well  as  your  ac- 
cessories, must  be  coordinated. 

As  to  the  arts  and  skills  of  putting  your  best  face 
forward:  Cameras,  like  mirrors,  take  a  fairly  accurate 
look  at  your  face.  It  is  reasonable  that  a  specialist  like 
Robert  King,  whose  abilities  as  a  make-up  expert  are 
utilized  by  famed  Hollywood  photographer  Paul  Hesse. 
knows  as  much  as  anybody  about  the  basic  architecture 
of  the  face  and  what  can  be  done  to  improve  it. 


The  method  he  pursues  in  making  up  stellar  screen 
personalities  for  close-up  shots  is  precisely  the  system 
he  advises  you  to  use  for  the  perfectly  groomed,  per- 
fectly natural,  making-the-best-of-your-face  appearance 
you  desire.    And  here's  the  procedure: 

your  eyes 

Start  with  your  eyes  .  .  .  yes,  before  you  put  on  a 
smidge  of  foundation  or  powder.  Shape  your  brows, 
remembering  to  tweeze  from  underneath  and  brush  up- 
ward for  the  most  becoming  arch. 

Next,  spread  a  little  vaseline  on  your  eyelid  and  draw 
a  line  close  to  the  lashes  from  the  inner  side  to  the 
outer  corner.  Then  blend  this  color  into  the  lashes  so 
that  there  is  no  perceptable  line  or  shadow.  This  line 
makes  your  lashes  appear  longer  and  heavier  and  dram- 
atizes the  color  of  your  eyes. 

Your  eye-shadow  is  applied  after  the  powder  base 
has  been  applied  and  blended  well  over  the  lids.  And 
here  is  where  you  can  work  wonders!  Choose  the  color 
of  the  shadow  to  complement  your  eyes,  and  apply  it 
only  on  the  upper  lid  with  outward  strokes  from  the 
inner  corner  of  the  eye,  blending  imperceptibly.  And 
if  your  eyes  are  too  close  together,  darken  the  shadow 
towrard  the  outer  corner  for  an  illusion  of  greater  width. 

your  skin — the  shape  of  your  face 

Choose  your  powder  base  to  suit  your  skin:  pancake 
for  oily  skin,  a  good  cream  or  liquid  for  dry  and  nor- 
mal complexion.  We're  taking  it  for  granted  that  you 
started  with  a  clean  face  .  .  .  this  is  the  first  essential. 
Over  this  beautifully  clean  skin,  blend  your  foundation 
carefully,  taking  care  to  spread  it  over  eyelids  and 
mouth,  behind  your  ears  and  into  the  hairline  and 
neck  ...  an  abrupt  break  is  never  natural  looking. 

Never  leave  hard  edges  of  color  .  .  .  blend  your 
rouge  so  that  it  looks  like  a  natural  flush.  Powder  pro- 
vides the  final  bloom.  Pat  it  on  gently,  and  when  you 
powder  around  your  eyes,  look  upward.  The  skin  will 
be  held  taut  so  that  powder  doesn't  lodge  in  fine  wrinkles 
that  age  and  harden  your  face. 

your  mouth 

Outline  your  lips  with  a  brush,  then  fill  in.  Extend 
the  natural  shape  of  your  upper  lip  to  balance  your 
lower  lip,  which  is  naturally  larger.  Avoid  exaggerated 
curves  .  .  .  never  permit  a  pointed  or  sharp  outline. 
The  natural  shape  of  your  mouth  harmonizes  best  with 
your  general  face  structure,  though  it  may  be  made 
smaller  or  larger  for  the  best  balance.  Putting  founda- 
tion and  powder  on  your  mouth  before  using  lipstick 
makes   for   a   cleaner   outline   and   longer   lasting  effect. 

finishing  touches 

Mascara  your  upper  lashes  only  with  a  fairly  moist 
brush  so  that  you  won't  have  unnatural  globs  of  color 
framing  your  eyes.  If  your  lashes  are  too  straight  to 
suit  you,  curl  them  before  coloring  them.  Remove  ex- 
cess powder  and  other  loose  particles  around  your  eyes 
and  nose  with  a  cotton-tipped  orange  stick  dipped  in 
water.  And  moisten  your  eyebrows.  Sweep  a  soft  com- 
plexion brush  over  your  face  to  whisk  away  loose  powder 
and  give  the   perfect,   pearly  finish   to   your  best  face. 

Result?  A  face  worthy  of  your  prettiest  new  clothes 
.  .   .  coordinated  .  .  .  lovely! 


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SUCCESS 


ROBERT    PRESCOTT,    FLYING    TIGER 


ROBERT  BAKER  has  strings  on  more  dolls  than  any 
man  in  Hollywood  .  .  .  he's  a  puppeteer,  and  despite 
his  young  22  years,  has  successfully  presented  many 
spectacular  shows.  Currently  working  on  splendorous 
mannikin  revues  a  la  Billy  Rose  for  motion  picture 
and  television  production.  Gained  most  experience 
with  George  Pal  and  the  Puppetoons.  TYRUS  WONG, 
born  in  Canton,  China,  is  an  American  citizen  with 
a  family  and  a  Los  Angeles  studio  home.  But  more 
than  that  he's  the  artist  who  first  achieved  fame  with 
his  fairylike  backgrounds  for  Disney's  "Bambi."  Ty's 
skill  runs  to  water  colors,  pastels  and  oils,  and  he 
is  readying  a  one-man  show  of  his  more  serious 
works.  DAVID  R.  DICK  FORDHAM  likes  to  be  his 
own  boss.  So  the  Navy  veteran  bought  a  1931  model 
city  bus.  painted  it  white,  installed  shelves  and  gro- 
ceries and  today  is  the  boon  of  the  harried  housewife. 
He  delivers  a  full  stock  of  reasonably  priced  goods 
to  the  door.  ROBERT  W.  PRESCOTT  was  an  air  ace 
with  Major  General  Chennault's  Flying  Tigers  when 
he  got  an  idea.  Today,  in  Los  Angeles,  he  and  his 
associates  operate  the  Flying  Tiger  Freight  Line,  fly 
"anything,  anywhere,  anytime."  Elsie,  the  Borden 
Cow,  took  a  ride.  So  do  race  horses,  fresh  fruit, 
vegetables  and  flowers  destined  for  the  East.  Recent 
acquisition  by  the  growing  group  is  an  Army  Trans- 
port Command  contract  .  .  .  two  flights  daily  to 
Tokyo  and   Hawaii   .   .   .   with  a   fleet  of  32   planes. 


in  California  it's... 


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the  third  of  a 
series  of  articles 
on  dressing 


leans  backward 


by  design 

by  florence  shuman 


balances 


leans  foi 


sketch  an  outfit  from 
own  wardrobe,  front  am 
and  check  for  balance. 


balance 


which  accessories  would 
you  select  to  balance  this 
dress  with  side  interest? 


i  careless  selection  of  ac- 
\  cessories  cancels  the  ef- 
fectiveness of  this  dress. 


•  When  we  are  impressed  with  the  smart  appearance  of  a 
woman,  our  eyes  are  busy  organizing  her  whole  ensemble  be- 
fore we  are  conscious  of  any  one  part  of  it.    Why? 

Because  we  see  things  together.  Some  things  because  they 
are  close  together.  Others  because  they  are  similar  in  shape, 
color  and  size  .  .  .  because  they  move  in  the  same  direction. 
The  tendency  for  our  eyes  to  organize  is  very  fundamental. 
•  and  all  tricks  of  optical  illusion  are  based  on  understanding 
this. 

After  our  eyes  have  finished  organizing,  we  experience  a 
reaction  to  what  we  see.  In  the  case  of  our  smart  woman  we 
felt  elated  because  of  her  selectivity  and  good  taste.  Lookin<* 
at  another  woman  we  feel  disturbed  because  she  looks  over- 
dressed or  incomplete.  Somehow  she  looks  unbalanced.  Gen- 
eraly,  it  is  because  she  has  chosen  her  accessories  at  random 
without  understanding  what  effect  they  will  have  on  the  over- 


ill  picture  she  presents. 

Most  of  us  are  conscious  of  bags,  gloves,  jewelry,  etc.,  and 
try  to  match  or  contrast  them  to  the  costume  we  select.  But 
there  is  more  to  this  business  than  merely  seeing  that  our 
accessories  do  this.  Suppose  we  start  with  a  suit  that  has  one 
dramatic  idea,  preferably  off-center.  Here  is  an  illustration  of 
such  a  suit  surrounded  with  a  variety  of  accessories  that  could 
be  worn  with  it.  Now,  visualizing  this  suit  in  relation  to  the 
whole  figure,  we  can  balance  the  side  interest  by  accessories 
that  will  complement  the  dramatic  diagonal  closing  and  not 
compete  with  it  for  attention. 

Directly  below,  the  first  two  figures  show  different  possibili- 
ties for  balancing  the  ensemble — all  good.  The  third  illustra- 
tion shows  how  carelessly  selected  accessories,  even  when  they 
are  all  in  style  and  related  colors,  can  set  up  so  many  con- 
flicting interests  that  they  cancel  the  effectiveness  of  the  orig- 
inal idea.    Lack  of  balance,  you  see,  has  spoiled  everything. 

The  first  and  fourth  of  the  next  four  figures  show,  from  a 
side  view,  how  it  is  possible  to  balance  a  silhouette  that  has 
definite  interest  toward  the  back  or  front,  by  adding  an  interest 
in  the  opposite  direction.  That  side  view  is  especially  im- 
portant if  your  figure  protrudes  a  little  fore  or  aft!  The  two 
blank  figures,  one  side  and  one  front  view,  are  for  your  ex- 
periment, using  some  item  in  your  own  wardrobe.  Draw  in 
your  completed  figure.  ..,: 

Experimenting  in  this  manner  is  a  sure  way  to  develop 
style-sense  and  self-confidence,  because  you  will  be  dressing 
by  design.  And  when  you  walk  into  a  room,  people  will  see 
a  chic  woman  who  makes  a  lovely  picture  from  head  to  toe. 


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IRCH  INTO  SPRING! 


ornia  invites  you  this  month... bring  interchangeable  clothes  for  a  changeable  season 


9  Even  if  March  should  come  to  California 
like  the  proverbial  lion,  it's  certain  to  be 
lamb-like  a  good  part  of  the  time  ...  so 
if  you're  coming  west  this  month,  come  pre- 
pared for  a  number  of  things! 

And  unless  you  want  to  bring  an  unprece- 
dented number  of  bags,  calculate  shrewdly. 
A  co-ordinated  and  interchangeable  wardrobe 
is  definitely  at  a  premium  for  a  March  visit, 
and  not  only  because  of  the  weather  .  .  . 
the  first  month  of  spring  brings  a  widely 
varied  calendar  of  social  and  sports  activi- 
ties. 

For  instance,  racing  is  still  on  at  Santa 
Anita ;  the  desert  season  with  its  swimming 
and  sun-lazing  and  tennis  and  golf  is  still 
in  full  swing;  snow  lurks  in  the  Sierras  and 
higher  southern  peaks;  sailing  is  at  its  best. 

As  the  indispensable  foundation  for  a 
wardrobe  of  versatility,  we  still  come  back 
to  the  suit-with-topcoat.  Make  it  one  of  the 
suits  you'll  see  featured  in  California  shops 
throughout  the  country  .  .  .  the  kind  with 
matching  slacks.  This  threesome  with  extra 
slacks  and  extra  skirt  will  see  you  through 
travel,  the  races,  and,  with  a  sweater  topping 
your  slacks,  a  brisk  sail  on  Newport  Bay. 
Your  topcoat  might  well  be  a  bright  one, 
suggesting  spring,  but  warm  .  .  .  and  of 
course,  harmonizing  with  your  suit. 

Slip  in  a  lightweight  raincoat  while  you're 
at  it,  especially  if  San  Francisco-bound  .  .  . 
one  that  goes  on  easily  over  a  suit  so  that  if 
the  temperamental  sun  comes  out,  you  can 
shed  the  rainwear.  Bring  some  blouses,  print 
or  plain,  to  wear  with  the  slacks  or  with  sep- 


arate casual  skirts  .  .  .  you  may  be  one  of 
the  thousands  expected  in  Los  Angeles  dur- 
ing March  for  the  national  bowling  tourna- 
ment, either  as  participant  or  spectator. 

Remember  that  the  weather  sometimes 
waxes  very  warm.  Investigate  the  new  mul- 
tiple-unit sun  costumes  .  .  .  shorts,  bra,  skirt, 
bolero  or  jacket.  One  of  these  would  see 
you  through  a  variety  of  occasions  from  ac- 
tual swimming  to  patio  luncheons,  on  sunny 
days  in  the  city  and  always  on  the  desert. 
Make  your  extra  dresses  the  casual  type  .  .  . 
beautifully  simple  prints,  for  instance,  that 
you  can  dress  up  or  down  with  the  proper 
accessories  as  the  occasion  demands;  or  a 
pastel  gabardine  in  the  lighthearted  manner 
California  fashionists  achieve  so  well.  You 
might  include  one  long  dress,  as  formal  dress 
is  required  often  for  dinner-dancing  at  pri- 
vate clubs. 

Above  all,  concentrate  on  the  fact  that  it's 
spring  in  California  ...  let  yourself  go  a 
bit  on  color,  so  long  as  it  all  ties  together. 
Keep  in  mind  that  San  Francisco  is  more 
conservative  than  Los  Angeles  in  all  matters 
of  dress  .  .  .  but  even  here,  on  spring  days, 
street  corners  blossom  with  flower  stands  and 
there's  gaiety  in  the  breeze. 

March  demands  more  variety  in  clothes 
than  many  other  months  .  .  .  but  if  you  plan 
carefully,  you  can  make  the  most  of  the  suit- 
slacks  combination  with  blouses,  of  the  sim- 
ple dress  with  change  of  jewelry  and  hats 
.  .  .  filling  in  with  interchangeable  sunwear 
and  sweaters,  scarves  and  gadgets.  And 
you'll  find  it  can  be  done  in  a  small  space. 


weather  data 
ifor  march 


san  francisco 

highest 

lowest 

72 

43 

average 
average 
rainfall 

51.8 
4.15 

I 

los  angeles 

highest 
lowest 
•  .     average 
average 
rainfall 

99 
31 
58.1 
2.76 

stag  supper 


If  you  have  clothes  sense,  chances  are  that  you  have  food  sense,  too! 
And  that's  just  because  you're  smart.  Creating  a  good  meal  or  a  good 
costume  takes  a  brain.  It  takes  time,  too.  and  imagination  and  orig- 
inality and  study,  but  it  doesn't  take  any  more  money  than  its  ill- 
planned  counterpart.  Like  clothes,  food  may  be  formal  or  informal, 
good  or  bad,  light  or  heavy,  fresh  or  tired.  And  like  a  costume,  a 
meal  must  be  consistent.  Just  as  the  well-dressed  woman  has  basic 
costumes  for  various  affairs  ...  an  evening  gown  with  a  low  decolletage 
for  a  ball,  tweeds  for  travel,  and  a  little  black  dress  for  those  numer- 
ous affairs  that  call  for  a  little  black  dress  ...  so  the  food-conscious 
woman  has  basic  menus  for  various  affairs:  the  late  morning  brunch, 
the  formal  dinner,  the  buffet  supper. 

The  basic  rules  of  dress  you  know  about.    The  basic  rules  of  meal 
planning  are  even  simpler.    Both  are  coordinated.    In  a  costume  you 
may  start  with  a  particularly  giddy  hat  that  you  want  to  be  the  focus 
of  all  eyes  ...  as  if  it  could  be  anything 
else!    What   do   you   do?    You    play    it   up 
by  playing  down  the  rest  of  your  costume 
...   by   making  it  so   perfectly   suited   to 
the  dizzy  bonnet  that  it  will  be  like  a  jewel 

in  a  perfect  setting,  a  picture  in  a  perfect  frame.  That  was  planned. 
And  then  they'll  think  of  that  beautifully  cut  gown,  the  simple  clip, 
the  gloves  that  match  your  handbag.  And  so  it  is  with  a  meal. 
It  will  be  built  around  the  piece  de  resistance — the  chief  feature 
of  the  meal.  That  may  be  any  dish.  A  divine  lobster  bisque,  perhaps, 
or  an  almond  souffle,  a  flaming  shashlik,  or  perhaps  it  will  be  a  chicken 
pie,  as  only  you  can  prepare  it,  or  a  cheese  fondue  prepared  in  a 
chafing  dish  before  the  admiring  guests.  But  the  rest  of  the  meal 
must  harmonize  with  that  featured  food.  It  mus^  be  subordinate 
to  it,  yet  emphasize  it.  Each  dish,  each  course,  must  be  flawless, 
even  though  not  spectacular.  The  meal  itself  will  be  a  memorable 
one   because   everything   will    harmonize — and    perfectly. 

You  know,  too,  the  basic  rules  for  a  coordinated  menu:  that  flavor 
is  of  the  utmost  importance  but  that  it  must  be  varied;  that  color,  tex- 
ture and  form  all  enter  into  the  composition  of  a  perfect  meal ;  that 
tomato  soup  and  tomato  salad  in  the  same  meal  is  an  error,  as  would 
he  a  meal  that  had  a  curried  soup,  a  spiced  rump  of  beef  and  ginger- 
bread. Spice  may  be  the  variety  of  life,  but  every  dish  highly  spiced 
is  not  variety.  Other  common  faults  in  menu  planning  are  serving  such 
things  as  a  cream  soup,  a  creamed  vegetable,  and  sometimes  even  a 
creamy  dessert  ...  all  in  the  sv.me  meal.  Or  in  having  everything 
starch  .  .  .  say  potato  soup,  tamale  pie,  rice  and  lima  beans,  and  cake 
.  .  .  that  one  made  me  so  heavy  I  can't  move!  A  meal  of  cream  of 
celery  soup,  baked  white  fish,  mashed  potatres.  cauliflower  and  rice 
pudding  would  be  deadly  white,  besides  being  deadly.  Enough  of  this 
...  it's  unnerving  me,  too. 

This  time  of  year,  when  spring  is  whispering  a  welcome,  but  winter 
is  taking  his  time  in  saying  goodbye,  appetites  seem  to  lag.  It  could 
be  that  a  few  new  menus  are  in  order:  so  here  are  some  designed  for 
entertaining! 


OYSTER  STEW 

BRAISED  TONGUE 

TOMATO   ASPIC,   SOUR   CREAM   DR' 

SPOONBREAD 

ROMAINE,  BACON   DRESSING 

COFFEE  CAMEMBERT   MJ 

This  is  a  masculine  meal   in   spite 
aspic.    Try   it   on  those  men   of  y( 
you     don't     believe    it.     The    Cami 
marinee    is    made    by    soaking    a 
Camembert   in  white  wine  overnigh 
scraping   it    and   mashing   it   and 
it   with    an   equal   quantity   of   butti 
form    into    its    original    shape,    and 
with    browned    crumbs.    But   good! 


California    cook 


buffet  supper 


BAKED  HAM 

BLACK  BEANS  COOKED  WITH   RUM 

MUSHROOM  AND  OYSTER  PIE 

ASPARAGUS  VINAIGRETTE 

CORNBREAD  STICKS 

ROMAINE  SALAD,  WITH  DICED  CHEDDAR 

APPLE  BROWN  BETTY  WITH  PECANS 


Buffet  suppers  are  the  easiest  .way  for 
most  of  us  to  entertain.  This  one  may 
be  prepared  entirely  in  advance,  so  you'll 
be  a  rested>  hostess  when  your  guests  ar- 
rive. The  black  beans  are  cooked  with 
onion  and  an  herb  bouquet,  until  tender, 
then  flavored  with  Jamaica  rum  The  pie 
is  made  by  topping  creamed  oysters  and 
mushrooms  with  a  rich  pastry.  The  salad 
is  different  only  because  it  has  tiny  cubes 
of  well-aged  Cheddar  lurking  in  its  midst. 
And  the  apple  Brown  Betty  has  oodles  of 
ground  pecans  mixed  with  its  conventional 
crumbs. 


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Sunday  breakfast  party 


STRAWBERRIES  AND  CREAM 

THIN  PANCAKES  WITH  CHICKEN  FILLING 

CRISP  BACON       BROILED  MUSHROOMS 

BROILED  TOMATOES 

HOT  MELBA  TOAST  CREAM  CHEESE 

CHERRY  PRESERVES 
PECAN    COFFEE   CAKE  COFFEE 

Easter  Sunday  is  in  the  offing,  and  what 
better  way  to  celebrate  it  than  by  in- 
viting your  friends  for  breakfast?  This  is 
a  simple  menu  that  anyone  can  reproduce. 
The  chicken  filling  is  made  by  mincing 
cooked  chicken  and  binding  it  with  sour 
cream  seasoned  with  salt,  fresh  ground 
pepper,  and  a  suspicion  of  onion  juice 
or  onion  powder!  A  white  wine  punch  or 
"oup"  would   make  this  affair  a   gala  one. 


formal  dinner 


STRAINED    OXTAIL    SOUP 
FILET  OF  SOLE,  MARGUERY 
CHICKEN  LAMAZE 
STRING  BEANS  WITH  ALMONDS  .  f 

WILD  RICE 
FRENCH   ENDIVE,  BASH.  DRESSING 
CREME  BRULEE  DEMITASSE  § 


Formal  dinners  are  often  dull,  but  not 
this  one.  Flavor  your  oxtail  soup  with 
claret — and  be  sure  it's  rich.  The  fish 
and  the  chicken  recipes  are  classic  ones 
that  may  be  found  in  many  good  cook 
books.  The  string  beans  are  dressed  with 
butter  and  slivers  of  browned  almonds, 
and  the  rice  may  be  either  the  wild  or 
brown  variety.  Make  the  salad  dressing 
with  basil  wine  vinegar,  or  use  fresh 
basil  leaves  if  you  prefer.  The  dessert, 
another  classic  one,  may  be  accompanied 
by  fiambeed  fruits,  if  you  desire. 


y  helen  evans  brown 


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a  well-planned  cuisine, 

like  a  well-planned  wardrobe, 
is  coordinated. 


■ 


a  ladies  lunch 


MUSHROOM   CONSOMME 
P   A  L' AMERICA] NE         ASPARAGUS 
BAKING  POWDER  BISCUITS 
PINEAPPLE   RUM    ICE 

ushroom  consomme  is  made  by  sim- 
ninced  mushrooms  in  consomme 
i  hour;  serve  it  strained.  Shrimp  a 
icaine  is  fresh  shrimp  with  a  sauce 
ith  white  ■  wine,  tomatoes  and 
1;  parsley.  Serve  the  asparagus  on 
loints  with  melted  butter,  and  keep 
king  powder  biscuits  tiny  for  those 
watchers.  The  dessert  is  pineapple 
rt  served  in.  glasses  and  topped  with 
mce  and  fresh  pineapple.  Lady  fin- 
•vould    be    almost    too    appropriate! 


pot  luck  dinner 

POT  ROAST 

POTATO   PANCAKES 

RED  CABBAGE,  SOUR  CREAM 

CUCUMBER   AND    ONION    SALAD 

FRUIT  COMPOTE  CAKE 


This  is  the  kind  of  family  dinner  you'd 
be  proud  to  serve  an  unexpected  guest — 
lucky  family  that  has  such  daily  fare!  The 
pancakes  are  made  with  raw  grated  pota- 
toes (use  the  frozen  mix  if  you  wish). 
The  red  cabbage  is  cooked,  Viennese 
style,  with  apple  and  onion,  and  the  salad 
is  just  paper-thin  slices  of  mild  onion  and 
cucumbers,  marinated  in  French  dressing. 


informal  dinner 


CLAM   AND  TOMATO   BOUILLON 

VEAL  PAPRIKA 

NOODLES    WITH    BUTTERED    CRUMBS 

SPINACH 

FRESH  PINEAPPLE  WITH  RUM 

RICH   COOKIES 


Informal  dinners  call  for  fewer  courses, 
which  means  helpings  must  be  more  gen- 
erous. Make  this  soup  by  combining  tomato 
juice  and  clam  juice  in  equal  parts.  The 
veal  paprika  is  made  with  sour  cream, 
and  the  cooked  noodles  are  sprinkled 
with  coarse  crumbs  that  have  been 
browned  in  butter.  The  spinach  is  par- 
ticularly exciting  if  it's  served  in  a  mound 
surrounded  by  tiny  whole  beets.  And  do 
make  an  effort  to  find  the  fresh  pineapple 
— it's  so  delicious! 


'  Years  ago,  home  decoration  took  its  cue 
from  the  most  luxurious  hotels  of  the  day. 
Those  enviable  people  who  could  travel 
were,  themselves,  impressed  by  the  lavish  comforts  of  famous 
hostelries  .  .  .  came  back  home  possessed  by  new  decorative 
ideas  which  they  promptly  adopted  to  excite  the  envy  of 
friends  and  relations. 

Today,  after  a  period  when  home  decoration  far  out-paced 
hotel  innovations,  comes  a  new  inspirational  cycle  stemming 
from  world-famous  hotels.  Coast  to  coast  there  is  evidence 
of  widespread  hotel  remodelling,  a  facelifting  that  is  sig- 
nificant. Travel-anxious  Americans  once  more  will  be  flitting 
from  dude  ranch  to  gilded  towers  .  .  .  and  what  they  see  is 
likely  to  give  them  ideas  about  how  to  live  at  home  more 
graciously  and  easily  ...  in  the  carefree  manner  of  the  best 
hotels. 

So  let's  jump  the  gun.  Let's  go  out  to  the  Beverly  Hills 
Hotel  to  preview  the  new  trend.  For  here,  in  the  gracious  old- 
world  atmosphere  of  one  of  California's  most  conservative 
and   aristocratic   hotels   ...   is   a   sudden   flash   of   modern ! 

Paul  Laszlo,  noted  modern  designer  and  decorator,  has  been 
given  a  free  hand.  The  way  he  has  interpreted  modern  liv- 
ing is  exciting.  More  than  that,  it  is  full  of  inspiration  for  you. 

For  instance,  take  any  tiny  apartment,  any  single  room  that 
has  to  serve  so  many  purposes  these  days  .  .  .  then  look  at 
the  way  Mr.  Laszlo  gives  an  average-sized  hotel  room  spa- 
ciousness and  clears  the  way  for  colorful,  comfortable  living! 
Take  a  typical  American  home,  large  or  small,  new  or  old 
.  .  .  and  you  can  visualize  how  some  of  the  Laszlo  "devices" 
can  enhance  its  charm. 

Fundamental  in  his  transformation  of  rooms  at  the  Beverly 
Hills  Hotel  is  the  use  of  partitions  which  separate  actual  sleep- 
ing quarters.  No  matter  how  small  the  room,  this  simple  trick 
immediately  gives  it  dual  purpose:  achieves  privacy  for  the 
bed  area,  and  creates  a  nook  for  an  easy  chair  or  a  desk.  It 
increases  the  space  available  for  this  business  of  living. 

But  a  partition  has  many  guises.  It  may  be  a  completely 
open  latticework  clear  to  the  ceiling  .  .  .  into  which  the  wily 
Laszlo  sometimes  inserts  a  square  of  mirror  or  a  picture.  Or 
it  may  be  a  half  wall  with  the  upper  half  opened  up. 

One  particularly  dramatic  partition  is  a  complete  wall  of 
mirrors  which  projects  just  far  enough  into  the  room  to 
achieve  the  desired  privacy  .  .  .  but  reflects  and  increases  the 
interest  of  the  room.  Another  is  a  curved  or  wavy  wall,  with 
a  series   of  small   "windows." 

To  illustrate,  A  and  B  show  two  views  of  an  open  frame 
"divider,"  the  mirror  insert  has  a  picture  on  the  other  side 
and,  presto,  the  sleeping  unit  is  a  room  apart  .  .  .  there's 
space  in  which  to  move  about.  C  and  D  show  the  effective  use 
of  curved  walls  to  make  a  dramatic  separation;  the  mirror 
panels  over  the  bed  give  added  illusion  of  size.  E,  a  particu- 
larly effective  curved  wall  with  a  flowered  paper,  sets  a  mod- 
ern tempo  for  living. 


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The  utility  of  a  serpentine  screen  has  proved  its  effectiveness  in  color 
accent  and  cover-up  qualities  .  .  .  now  Laszlo  makes  it  a  permanent  part 
of  a  room.  You'll  find  it  does  more  than  achieve  privacy  and  designate 
certain  parts  of  a  room  for  specific  purposes  ...  it  guides  the  person  entering 
the  room  to  the  center  of  attraction  .  .  .  literally  points  the  way  to  hospitality! 
The  partition  is  interesting  in  itself,  relieving  the  four-square  monotony  of 
plain  walls,  and  introducing  a  color  splash  or  an  opportunity  for  decorative 
treatment  on   its  shelf-like  levels. 

With  partitions  as  a  beginning,  then,  Laszlo  creates  an  atmosphere  of  friendli- 
ness in  a  hotel  and  then  goes  on  to  intensify  it: 

The  illusion  of  a  room-within-a-room  is  maintained  by  such  simple  magic  as 
lowering  the  ceiling  level  over  a  specific  area,  by  extending  a  part  of  the  wall 
so  that  built-in  bookcases  may  be  inserted,  by  rounding  corners  of  a  wall  extension 
to  give  a  streamlined  effect.  A  separate  color  often  is  used  to  contrast  sleeping 
quarters  with  the  living-room  ...  or  painted  walls  to  contrast  with  papered  ones. 

All  this  is  the  format  for  the  transformation  of  an  or- 
dinary room  into  something  extraordinary  .  .  .  and  it  is  a 
pattern  you  well  may  follow  to  make  a  single  living-room 
provide  space  for  reading,  for  entertaining,  for  an  office  or 
even  for  a  sunroom  or  sleeping  alcove! 

Once  a  room  has  received  this  basic  treatment,  the  ar- 
rangement of  furniture  is  easy  .  .  .  there  is  room  for  facing 
chairs  or  davenports,  for  a  miniature  study,  a  conversa- 
tional windowseat  arrangement.  Coffee  tables  and  end  tables 
are   surprising  assets  to  even  a  moderately   sized   room, 
while  suites  have  endless  charm  up  to  and  including  built- 
in  bars  that  put  hospitality  at  a  new  level! 
Accent  and  actual  grace  note  is  the  wondrous  color  to  which  Laszlo  is  addicted. 
Here  is  a  room  in  soft  haze  blue,  another  in  luminous  gray  .  .  .  one  with  boldly 
striped  wallpaper,  another  with  a  colorful  print.  But  everywhere  is  an  immediate 
sensation    of   color,   a    mass   effect   which    is   at   once    refreshing   and   interesting. 
To    describe    the   colors    would    be   to   stress    California's   own    lime   and   char- 
treuse,  salmon   pink,   flaming  lacquer  and   ruddy   tile   reds,   bottle   green,   cocoa 
brown,  rich  burgundy.    But  color  is  the  thing,  and  Laszlo  gets  a  dramatic  effect 
by   developing  a   room  in   tones  of  a  single  color  for  stark  simplicity  ...  or 
in  daring  contrast  ...  or  in  a  bright  combination  of  many  harmonious  hues. 

Simple  modern  furniture  logically  fits  into  this  picture:  built  for  comfort,  it 
often    is   dramatic   in    size   and   always   uncluttered   in   appearance. 

To  sum  it  up,  twin  chests  with  a  huge  mirror  reflect  added  interest  in  F;  open 
latticework  partition  (note  picture  insert)  ;  G  shows  a  wall  of  mirror;  ingenious 
ceiling  device  and  built-in  wardrobe  space  are  important  modern  notes.  //,  /, 
again  prove  the  value  of  mirror  for  decor,  to  divide  a  room  .  .  .  with  top  area 
airily  free.  In  /,  beds  are  cornered  against  wall  and  partition  to  save  space, 
add  informality.  Physical  metamorphosis  of  rooms  becomes  obvious,  K  and  L. 
with  extended  walls  and  dropped  ceilings  to  delineate  specific  living-sleeping 
areas.  Ceiling  interest  is  pointed  up  once  more,  in  M  and  N  .  .  .  device  for  indirect 
lighting  as  well  as  direct  charm. 

So  there  it  is,  Paul  Laszlo's  way  of  putting  modern  spirit  in  a  hotel.  Divide- 
and-multiply  is  no  longer  just  a  mathematical  principle:  It  may  be  the  prac- 
tical solution  to  many  of  your  home  decorating  problems. 


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hat  interesting  transformation  .  .  .  from  lion  to  lamb 
as  sagely  predicted  by  almanac  advice  about  March  .  .  . 
goes  not  unnoticed.  As  the  vernal  equinox  approaches, 
the  urge  to  add  a  few  bright  leaves  takes  a  mighty  grip 
on  the  man  with  a  yen  to  sartorial  accuracy.  It  is  the 
season  to  watch  the  men  go  buy!  Depending  on  his  bent 
you  can  be  sure  that  something  new  will  find  a  warm 
haven  somewhere  in  his  wardrobe.  The  male  of  the 
family  might  be  an  adroit  shopper;  he'll  do  his  own  pick- 
ing and  choosing  and  you'll  have  to  wait  to  see  what 
new  item  has  snagged  his  fancy.  But  if  he  is  a  bit  un- 
certain about  "right"  styles  or  "flattering"  colors  may- 
haps  you'll  make  the  spring  trip  with  him.  That  will 
give  you  a  chance  to  put  in  more  than  "a  few  cents 
worth"  with  his  selections.  You  can  be  guided  by  these 
fashion  trends:  Sport  jackets  are  tending  toward  fine, 
neat  patterns  of  thinly  spaced  vertical  stripes  or  small 
checks.  Even  the  solid  colors,  the  maroons  and  rich 
browns  are  back.  Slacks  will  be  best  selected  in  gabar- 
dines, lightweight  wools  or  flannels  .  .  .  and  in  plains 
or  gray,  brown,  light  blue  or  beige.  Plaids  or  plains 
are  equally  flattering  in  sport  shirts  and  are  equally 
tops  in  style.  The  finest  resorts  have  put  their  decorous 
stamp  of  approval  on  wedge-soled  casual  shoes  for  men. 
And  like  the  pictures  in  a  book,  incidentals  in  the 
closet  make  for  real  attire-interest.  These  incidentals 
range  from  leather  jackets  to  leisure  luxury 
pullovers  ...  all  colorful,  relaxable,  Cali- 
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friend    is    puffing    but    he    most    certainly    is    wearing    a 
typically    masculine,    comfortably    casual    all-wool    California 
leisure    shirt    in    large    bold    plaid. 

•  (Above)     Fine    glove    suede    combines    with    gabardine    to 
make   this   attractive    two-tone   zipper-front    jacket.     Sleeves,    back 
and   collar  are   of  light   tan,  all-wool  gab;   front  is  suede. 
It   is   completely   rayon   lined  and   features  an 
elastic   shirring   waist-high   in   the   back. 

(Top)    Here  is  real  freedom   in   a   long-sleeved  slipover   of 
wool  with   overall  small  check.   A    fine  semi-lining  makes 
this  "stroller"  wearable  with  or  without  cotton  "T"  or 
basgue   shirt.    Two   pockets  are  provided  for  the   oft-sought   pack. 

(Right)    Just    a    sport    shirtf    Hardly!    This    California- 
made    item     is    both    sun-fast    and    crease-resistant    .     .     . 
plus    being    tubbable.     That's    news!    Neck    hugging    collar- 
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.  .  .  if  it's  interesting.  Believing  that  our  readers  are  interested  in  California 
end  would  like  to  learn  more  about  the  Golden  State  and  its  authors,  The 
C.alijornian  has  requested  Miss  Hazel  Pulling,  pictured  here,  to  write  a  series 
of  reviews  on  ''California  in  Books."  Miss  Pulling,  Assistant  Professor,  Gradu- 
ate School  of  Library  Science,  University  of  Southern  California,  ivill  be  happy 
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Heighten  your  enjoyment  of  California  by  delving  into  her  colorful,  turbulent, 
romantic  past;  sense  the  aura  of  mystery  and  significance  that  surrounds  her 
cities,  her  roadways,  her  missions,  plazas  ami  ranches;  join  to  the  full  in  the 
pleasures  of  California  today  by  knowing  her  yesterday. 

All  this  may  be  yours  in  Robert  Glass  Cleland's  California  Pageant:  the 
Story  of  Four  Centuries  (Knopf,  1946.  256p.  $2.50).  The  drama  of  history 
is  evident  in  this  narrative  of  California  since  the  days  of  the  explorers. 
Padre,  don  and  lady,  bandit,  herdsman,  politician  and  promoter  walk  across 
its  pages  in  dignity  and  grandeur  or  in  downright  chicanery  and  guilt.  Vi- 
brant, direct  in  style,  and  written  by  one  who  knows  and  loves  the  land  of 
which  he  writes,  this  word  panorama  carries  you  excitingly  through  changing 
scenes  to  deposit  you,  clear-eyed  and  knowing,  in  modern  California. 

Reminder  of  the  close  relationship  of  California"s  present  with  her  past 
is  The  Dictionary  of  California  Land  Names  by  Phil  Townsend  Hanna.  long 
a  student  of  California  lore.  (Saunders  Studio  Press,  1916.  381p.  $5.00). 
Ready  reference  to  this  handbook  for  the  historical  implications  of  thousands 
of  its  place  names  will  enhance  your  delight  in  California. 

Facets  of  present-day  California  and  its  unique  way-of-life  are  as  intriguing 
as  its  past.  At  home,  at  work,  at  play,  in  serious  or  gay  mood,  California  is 
revealed  in  books  for  all  to  read.  Richly  humorous,  fresh  and  witty  is  the 
movie  scriptwriter's  view  of  Hollywood  that  awaits  you  in  Margaret  Wilder's 
Hurry  Up  and  Wait  (McGraw-Whittlesey  House,  1946.  246p.  S2.50).  By  the 
author  of  the  wartime  hit,  Since  You  Went  Away,  this  novel  relates  her  ad- 
ventures while  she  worked  on  the  script  for  the  movie  based  on  her  first  book. 
Her  analysis  of  that  center  of  enchantment  is  made  the  more  revealing  by 
the  discovery  that  its  apparent  vagaries  really  have  depth  and  meaning. 

Newest  of  the  tales  of  those  self-made  outcasts  earlier  portrayed  by  John 
Steinbeck  is  the  novel  by  Luther  Wbiteman.  The  Face  of  the  Clam  (Random 
House,  1947.  248p.  82.50).  This  is  a  fictional  sketch  of  the  lives  of  three 
vagabonds  of  the  dunes  area  of  Pismo  Beach.  Amusing  yet  pathetic,  Frenchy, 
one-legged  Peg,  and  Dunker  recall  the  characters  of  Tortilla  Flat  as  they 
admit  you  with  innocence  and  intimacy  to  their  strange,  sordid  lives,  their 
twisted  dreams,  ideals  and  beliefs.  Set  apart  from  others,  they  are,  never- 
theless, an  outgrowth  of  California's  past  and  a  real  part  of  her  present. 

Colorful  California  is  nowhere  more  aptly  portrayed  than  in  two  recent,  de- 
cidedly different  books,  both  of  which  depict  the  Californian's  love  for 
the  out-of-doors.  The  beauty  of  its  cities  and  countryside  is  portrayed  in  ex- 
quisite photographs  with  detailed  captions  in  California  Lure:  the  Golden  State 
in  Pictures  by  Evelyn  Neuenburg  (California  Lure  Publishers,  1947.  300p. 
S5.00).  Genevieve  Callahan's  California  Cook  Book  (Barrows,  1946.  381  p. 
$2.50),  is  a  collection  of  recipes  tested  for  backyard  barbecue  as  well  as  for 
informal  indoor  living. 

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Country  Club  of  the  A| 

(Continued  from  page  37) 

breaking  a  record  has  been   (lying 
since. 

The    club    has    other    members. 
Rey  Schauer,  Justice  of  the  Califj 
Supreme   Court,   and   Edgar   Bergei 
regularly  on  these  weekend  rendeS 
and   Charles   Correll    ("Andy"   of  J 
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on   a   300-mile   flight,  and   booby 
were   elaborately   bestowed    upon 
who  took  the  long  way  around. 

At     La     Quinta     there     were 
favorite    pastimes    but    talk    came! 
These  men  and  women  pilots  had  j 
in    national    air   meets,    tested   son' 
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a    life    unhampered    by    timetablil 
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THE      CALIFORNIAN,      March,      1947 


And  They  Called  It  Oscar 


(Continued  from  page  35) 

How  such  a  transcendent  object  received 
its  relatively  prosaic  name  is  a  story  thai 
should  be  told  ...  if  only  for  the  relief 
of  persons  whose  esthetic  sensibilities  are 
offended  by  the  anachronism.  It  seems  that 
columnist  Sidney  Skolsky  was  waiting  out- 
side an  Academy  biggie's  office.  Inside,  a 
newly  completed  statuette  was  being  viewed 
and  admired.  One  of  the  viewers  exclaimed : 
"Somehow,  it  reminds  me  of  my  Uncle  Oscar 
.  .  ."  As  always,  things  that  go  in  one 
Skolsky  ear  come  out  in  his  column.  Oscar 
was    unofficially   christened. 

Or  at  least  that's  how  popular  legend  has 
it.  Dissenting  voices  have  been  raised.  Screen 
Writer  Arthur  Jones  swears  that  Bette  Davis 
named   the   Oscar. 

"Bette  was  the  first  to  call  the  statuette 
by  that  name,"  vows  Jones.  "She  told  me 
that  she  always  had  been  intrigued  by  the 
name  'Oscar.'  And  the  first  time  I  heard  the 
moniker  used  was  when  she  was  called  upon 
to  present  it  at  one  of  the  award  banquets. 
I  remember  she  said  something  about:  '  .  .  . 
and   so   I   present    to    you    this — this    Oscar'." 

No  one  ever  suggested  that  the  statuette 
be  dubbed  Mortimer  or  Chauncey.  Oscar  he 
was  from  the  beginning  and  Oscar  he  doubt- 
less shall   be  until   the  end. 

The  eighteen-year  saga  of  the  Oscar  is  one 
filled  with  color,  romance,  competition  and 
.  .  .  sometimes  .  .  .  bitter  disappointment. 
Several  artists  who  won  the  award  in  early 
years  are  still  among  the  industry's  top- 
notch  players:  Lionel  Barrymore  won  his 
Oscar  in  1930  for  his  role  in  "A  Free  Soul." 
Katherine  Hepburn  took  hers  in  1932  for  a 
performance  in  "Morning  Glory."  Another 
fine  actor  who  received  the  honor  in  1932 
was  Charles  Laughton  for  his  title  role  in 
"The  Private  Lives  of  Henry  VIII."  A  few 
grand  old  troupers  who  were  given  the 
statuette  are  no  longer  living:  Emil  Jannings. 
who  received' it  in  1929;  Marie  Dressier,  who 
received  it  in  1930,  and  George  Arliss,  who 
received   it   in   1931. 

Only  three  artists  have  twice  received  the 
award:  Luise  Rainer,  for  her  roles  in  "The 
Great  Ziegfeld"  and  "The  Good  Earth"; 
Bette  Davis,  for  "Dangerous"  and  "Jezebel"': 
and  Spencer  Tracy  for  "Boys'  Town"  and 
"Captains  Courageous."  In  1931  there  was 
an  unprecedented  tie  for  acting  honors — 
voters  could  not  decide  between  Frederic 
March  (Dr.  Jekyll  and  Mr.  Hyde)  and  Wal- 
lace Beery  (The  Champ).  Both  stars  were 
given   Oscars. 

And  now  it  is:  Who  will  get  the  Oscars 
this  year?  Will  a  new  stellar  figure  emerge 
and  carry  off  the  prize?  It  happened  in  1939 
when  Vivien  Leigh  was  given  the  statuette 
for  her  role  of  Scarlett  in  "Gone  With  the 
Wind."  And  it  happened  again  in  1943  when 
Jennifer  Jones  won  top  recognition  for  the 
title  role  in  "Song  of  Bernadette."  Or,  per- 
haps 1947  will  witness  an  ascent  of  the  pin- 
nacle by  some  longtime  favorite.  That  par- 
ticular occurence  seems  the  most  gratifying 
to  all  concerned.  Movie-goers  and  the  en- 
tire   motion    picture    industry    were    in    there 


cheering  when  Ginger  Rogers  and  Joan 
Crawford  were  handed  Oscars  after  many 
years  of  hard,  conscientious  endeavor.  Gin- 
ger received  hers  in  1941  for  "Kitty  Foyle": 
Joan,   in   1946,   for   "Mildred    Pierce." 

The  Oscar  first  was  presented  in  1929,  and 
the  awards  were  made  retroactive  to  include 
1927.  Receiving  the  trophies  at  the  initial 
banquet  were  Emil  Jannings  for  his  portrayal 
of  August  Schilling  in  "The  Way  of  All 
Flesh";  Janet  Gaynor  for  her  role  of  Diane 
in  "Seventh  Heaven":  Warner  Baxter  for 
his  Cisco  Kid  in  "In  Old  Arizona,"  and  Mary 
Pickford  for  Norma  Besant  in  "Coquette." 

Originally  the  award  was  presented  only 
to  the  actor  and  actress  who  had  rendered 
outstanding  performances  during  the  preced- 
ing year,  but  the  Academy  later  decided  to 
extend  the  honor  to  producers,  directors,  musi- 
cians, artists,  supporting  players  and  techni- 
cians. 

Despite  the  glamorous  company  gathered 
for  every  presentation  ceremony,  the  cyno- 
sure of  eyes  is  the  representative  of  the  cer- 
tified public  accountants'  firm  which  handles 
the  balloting.  In  his  hands  is  the  sealed  en- 
velope with  the  answer  to  the  big  question. 
Voters  mail  their  ballots  direct  to  the  ac- 
counting firm  where  they  are  tallied,  checked 
and  re-checked,  and  then  placed  in  a  vault 
until  H-hour  of  N-night.  At  the  banquet,  the 
envelope  is  opened  by  the  master  of  cere- 
monies who  reads  aloud  the  names  of  nomi- 
nees  and   winners. 

During  the  eighteen  years  in  which  the 
awards  have  been  made,  colorful  and  humor- 
ous incidents  occasionally  have  been  attendant 
upon  the  ceremony.  In  the  I'll-never-live-it- 
down  department,  for  example,  is  found 
suave  producer  Cecil  B.  DeMille,  whose 
aplomb  was  shaken  when  he  heard  him=elf 
saying,  "We're  happy  to  have  with  us  tonighi 
the  Japanese  Envoy  .  .  ."  The  year  was  1942, 
and  the  man  to  whom  he  referred  was  Dr. 
Hu  Shih,  Chinese  diplomat.  Another  one- 
time sufferer  of  the  slow-burn  was  Director 
Alfred  Hitchcock,  who  fell  resonantly  asleep 
during  an  impressive  speech  by  Walter 
Wanger. 

First  Negro  to  receive  the  Oscar  was  HattiV 
McDaniel.  Tears  flowed  down  her  dark 
cheeks  as  she  accepted  the  statuette  for  her 
supporting  role  of  Mammy  in  "Gone  With  the 
Wind."  That  was  the  year- "Gone  With  the 
Wind"  made  almost  a  clean  sweep  of  the 
awards  .  .  .  Bob  Hope,  acting  as  M.  C. 
quipped:  "We're  all  very  happy  to  be  here 
at   the  benefit   for  Mr.   Selznick  .  .   ." 

Oscar  has  been  known  to  appear  in  strange 
forms  and  sizes:  Shirley  Temple  once  re- 
ceived a  miniature  statuette;  Charley  Mc- 
Carthy once  clasped  to  his  splintery  bosom 
a  wooden  Oscar  with  hinged  jaws;  Bob  Hope 
cherishes  a  watch-charm  model,  presented 
with  a  magnifying  glass,  in  recognition  of 
his  many  turns   as  the  A.   A.   banquet  M.   C. 

The  manufacture  of  Oscar  by  the  Southern 
California  Trophy  Company  involves  a  pro- 
cedure of  many  phases:  The  figurine  is  first 
cast  in  metal  alloy,  then  two  copper  coat- 
ings are  applied.  Next  step  is  a  plating  of 
10K  gold,  and  finally  a  plating  of  24K  gold. 
It  would  seem  that  the  one  person  who  might 
be  in-the-know  on  "who  will  get  the  Oscars?" 
is  the  engraver  at  the  trophy  company.  But 
even  he  is  not  entrusted  with  the  knowledge. 
The  Oscars  must  be  returned  for  engraving 
after    the    Award    banquet. 

The  statuette  has  shed  its  golden  light 
upon  the  path  to  greater  success  for  many 
persons — one  of  whom  is  its  creator,  George 
Stanley.  Oscar  was  Stanley's  first  commis- 
sion. Shortly  thereafter,  he  was  called  upon 
to  do  the  magnificent  bas-relief  on  the  build- 
ing that  houses  Bullock's-Wilshire.  Then  he 
received  the  notably  important  commission 
for  the  monumental  granite  sculptures  at  the 
entrance  of  world-famous  Hollywood  Bowl. 


Old  brass  and  copper  coffee  urns  and  jugs 
lake  on  new  life,  new  usefulness,  too,  when 
lurned  into  "garden"  lamps  for  your  living 
room.  Have  them  wired  for  electricity,  bur- 
nished to  a  high  pitch.  Then  plant  the  open 
centers  with  shining,  green  philodendron,  let- 
ting the  leafy  tendrils  spill  over  the  sides, 
wind  upwards  around  the  lamp  shade  at- 
tachments. 

GUSTATORIAL 

If  the  meat  you're  getting  these  days  tastes 
iust  a  touch  "wooly,"  try  this:  before  broil- 
ing lamb  or  beef,  tuck  bits  of  garlic  in  the 
fatty  tissues,  marinate  with  a  California  dry 
red  wine  and  allow  to  sit  for  fifteen  minutes 
or  so.    Then  broil.    'Nuff  said. 

REVERSE  ORDER 

Do  you  dodge  falling  hat  boxes  every  time 
you  open  your  closet  door?  Terrible,  isn't  it 
.  .  .  but  easily  remedied.  Instead  of  putting 
your  hat  boxes  in  their  usual  high  and  dan- 
gerous position,  and  placing  your  shoes  on  the 
floor  to  gather  dust,  simply  reverse  the  order. 
Dust  can't  hurt  the  hat  boxes,  and  if  yo;i 
line  your  shoes  up  neatly  .  .  .  you'll  be  able 
to  abandon  the  duck  system  for  good  and 
all. 


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Ann  Stuart  of  the  Earl  Carroll  Theatre 
Restaurant,  Hollywood 

the 

NU    ADJUST 

way 

— makes  this  brassiere  per- 
fect for  full  figures.  By  ad- 
justing the  front  straps  of  the 
Nu  Adjust  you  obtain  the 
right  amount  of 
lift  at  all  times. 
Sizes  34  —  46. 


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THE  PlI(ATE  ...  A  swashbuckling  original 
by  Irene  Saltern.  Pedal  pusber  in  Tegra, 
Labtex    spun  rayon 

At  better  stores  everywhere.        — 


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Bates  Big  'n  'MAttle 

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Fresh  from  the  sketchboard  of  Cole  of  California: 

sea  suits  gone  bouffant,  flaring  as  rompers.  They're  Bates 

Big  'n'  Little  prints,  whitecap-cool  .  .  .  duo  loomed 

for  a  mother  and  daughter  because  the  little  girl's  print  is  as 

scaled  to  size  as  she  is.  The  fabric:  Bates  crisply- woven 

broadcloth,  with  a  beautiful  affinity  for  sun  and  salt  and  suds. 

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This  beach  outfit  is  a  real  beauty  .  .  .  lets  you  take  the 
sun  as  you  choose.  Its  fabric,  Dan  River's  Cordspun*,  is  cotton 

that's  Sanforizedt,  color-fast,  equal  to  any  occasion 
Dan  River  Mills,  Inc.,  Danville,  Va 


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Beach  dress  about  $15.  Sun  suit  about  $8. 
Sizes  10  to  18.  At  B.  Altman  &  Co., 
New  York;  Carson,  Pirie  Scott  &  Co., 
Chicago;  Charles  F.  Berg,  Portland,  Ore.; 
Desmond's,  Los  Angeles;  and  other  fine 
stores  across  the  country. 


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A  drop  shoulder  "Outlaw"  midriff 

and  skirt,  in  a  printed  Calcutta*  on  white 

grounds.  Sizes  9-15.  About  $15.00 

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CALIFORNIAN,     April,      1947 


"unrays"  from  California,  where  the  sun  plays  too., 
elegant  spectator  play  shoes  that  take  their  cue  from  your 
costume,  whether  it  be  dress,  suit,  or  playclothes.      8.95 

White  suede  with  black  patent.  White  suede  with  brown 
pepper,  foxglove  blue,  paprika  red,  and  mint  green  calf. 


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A  romantic  colorful  panorama  of  luxuriant 
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A  Caribbean  Cruise  on  the  Vaccaro  Line's  queen 
ship — Cefalu  —  is  imagineered  for  you  in  print  on  supple,  alluring 
CarAQ,  an  Aq  Tricot  Jersey.  Your  wardrobe  will  be  a  fashion -vista 
of  voodoo  magic,  seductive  dances,  marauding  pirates  and  exotic 
landscapes  —  styled  by  distinguished  California  designer-manufacturers 
for  a  select  grotrp  of  stores.  Caribbean  Colorama  brings  the  color 
and  drama  of  the  tropics  to  your  everyday  life  wherever  you  live. 

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Evening  Dress  ly  Emma  Domjb  Street  Dress  by  Raab^Harmell 

House  Coat  by  Campus  Modes  Casual  Dress  by  Western  Fashion 

X^Haff-size  Dress  by  Caroline  Carlson 
Bloomerang  Play  Suit  by  Koret  of  California 
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KIVIETTE  CREATES  A  "GREAT  LADY"  DESIGN 
done,  frankly,  in  the  elegant  tradition  of 
drawing  room  drama... done  with  calculated 

subtlety  for  an  entrance,  an  effect,  for  all 
the  enchantment  that  spells  Kiviette! 
WALDES  KOVER-ZIP  PLAYS  THE  SUPPORTING  R'f 
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performance... because  it's  fabric-covered  tc 
blend  discreetly  or  contrast  dramatically.  Look 
for  it  on  the  smartest  designs  created  here  a 
abroad.  Ask  for  it  at  notion  counters  now. 

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of  hand-woven  Guatemalan  cotton  at  25.00,  and  a  matching  more-midriff  bathing 
suit  at  ia.Q5...a  perfect  "dual  in  trie  sun."  Sea  blue,  earth  brown,  and  sun  gold. 
Small,  medium,  and  large  sizes.  ■  RESORT  CLOTHES,  fourth  floor 

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Watch  the  birdie  .  .  .  if  you  can! 
But  you're  probably  looking  at 
our  Cole  Swimsuit  Original  with 
Matletex*  (where  it  matters  most). 
Fresh  cotton  print  by  Everfast.  .  . 


1947,   COLE    OF   CALIFORNIA,  INC., 
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Featured  daily  coast  to  coast  on  "Queen  for  a  Day 


Miss  Hollywood  Jr. 

afternoon  frock  in  light- 
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print,  deftly  accented 
with  black  rayon 
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About  $22.00. 


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. . .  perfect  summer  dress  of  wrinkle-free  rayon  jersey.  Sergee  of  California  designed 

this  brilliant  print  dress,  punctuated  it  with  grosgrain,  added  a  refreshing  side- 
swept  pocket.  Red,  yellow  or  grey  ground  print,  sizes  10  to  18,  $17.95. 

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YOUR  WEDDING  .  .  .  orange  blossoms, 
the  traditional  flower  for  brides.  These  are  spe- 
cially treated  to  hold  their  petal  freshness  and 
original  delicate  fragrance  for  several  months. 
Rice-in-a-bag,  a  wonderful  thing  to  give  each 
wedding  guest  to  add  to  the  festivities.  These 
two  ideas  are  among  limitless  others  to  make 
your  wedding  memorable.  Write  to  John  Beisfel, 
Weddings  and  Parties,  745  N.  La  Cienega,  Los 
Angefes. 

PRETTY  PERFECT  .  .  .for  your  hoir 
...  a  dare  for  bold  simplicity  .  .  .  this  barrette 
in  plain  gold  or  silver  ...  for  your  fussiest  or 
most  casual  hair-do,  a  shimmering  high-light 
patch  it  is.  The  size,  about  1"  x  1%",  and  price 
around  $3  at  The  Broadway,  Los  Angeles;  Gold- 
water's,  Phoenix;  Carson  Pirie  Scott,  Chicago. 
For  the  name  of  the  store  in  your  vicinity,  write 
Biltmore  Accessories,  846  S.  Broadway,  Los  An- 
geles. 


ALADDIN'S  FLAME 


.  is    the    per- 


fume, a  whispering  essence  of  the  exotic  mystery 
of  the  Orient;  Aladdin's  Lamp  is  the  container  . .  . 
in  hand-blown  glass,  gold  flame  applicator.  The 
Genie  sends  you  this  unique  lamp  with  a  precious 
half-ounce  of  Aladdin's  Flame  perfume  for  $9.75, 
tax  and  postage  included.  Sample  dram  in  plain 
bottle,  $2.  Send  check  with  order  to  Aladdin's 
Lamp,  214  S.  Coast  Blvd.,  Laguna  Beach,  Calif. 


VIBRA-SHAV  .  .  .  electric  safety  razor 
Slick  shave  trick  .  .  .  once  over  does  it.  Slices 
whiskers  away  ...  no  scraping,  no  pulling  .  .  . 
whips  back  and  forth  in  a  most  effective  manner. 
Plug  it  in,  pick  it  up,  shave,  set  it  down  .  .  . 
easy  as  that.  A  gift  for  him  or  a  hint  to  la 
femme  to  use  for  smooth  summer  legs.  Price  is 
$12.50,  including  tax  and  postage.  From  Art 
Metal  Appliance  Co.,  11806  Bellagio  Rd.,  Los 
Angeles. 

CLEARLY  PRETTY  .  . .  is  this  novel  hat 

...  all  lucite,  even  the  gold  frill  and  flower  trim 
around  the  transparent  crown.  To  be  worn  ap- 
propriately for  daytime  or  dates.  For  travel, 
you'll  find  it  so  simple  to  keep  fresh  and  new 
looking.  Give  it  a  whisk  and  a  promise  with  a 
special  cloth  provided  .  .  .  it's  sparkling  clean 
again.  Price,  $12.95;  postpaid.  House  of  Plastics, 
3339  E.  St.,  San  Bernardino,  Calif. 


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New  Seamless  Hose 
In  Nylon  Yarn 


Vogu6  in  Fashion 

Califprnians.  and  those  who  cherish 
that  carefree  '"California  look."  are 
said  to  be  creating  a  new  vogue  for 
seamless  hose  .  .  now  available  in  nylon 
yarns. 

Gossamer-thin  nylon,  with  its  fine 
fitting  qualities,  is  particularly  adapted 
to  the  new  hose,  but  it  was  only  re- 
cently that  machinery  was  perfected 
and  made  available  to  leading  mills  so 
that  they  could  use  it  in  the  manufac- 
ture of  seamless  hosiery  .  .  "Certified 
by  the  seal  of  the  Dancing  Twins." 

These  newest  nvlon  hose  give  the  en- 
viable bare-leg  appearance  which  is  so 
complimentary  to  summer  fashions. 
With  current  popularity  of  barefoot 
sandals,  too.  the  choice  of  hosiery  be- 
comes even  more  important  .  .  the  girl 
wearing  seamless  stockings  maintains 
the   "bare"   illusion   most   successfully. 

Aside  from  the  appearance  value  of 
seamless  hose,  they  have  an  advantage 
appreciated  by  women  everywhere  •  • 
no  seams  to  get  crooked  or  to  detract 
from  the  symmetry  of  a  pair  of  pretty 
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TILE  TREASURES 


•  choker,    ear- 


rings, bracelet  ...  in  gleaming  gold  or  silver 
finish  .  .  .  each  little  hexagonal  tile  with  beveled 
edges  that  catch  the  light  and  reflect  it.  Smarter 
than  smart  .  .  .  these  novel  pieces  of  costume 
jewelry  add  dash  and  sparkle  to  your  spring 
wardrobe.  The  set,  $7.20;  choker  alone,  $2.40; 
bracelet,  $2.40;  earrings,  $2.40.  Order  from 
Daniels  of  Beverly  Hills,  451  N.  Beverly  Drive, 
Calif. 

CALIFORNIA     FOURSOME  .  .  . 

Sand  ley's  new  four- way  conversation  piece  .  .  . 
coin  purse,  billfold,  checkbook,  identification;  in 
one  pancake-thin  fold  of  morocco  leather,  pig- 
skin lined.  Burnished  edges  with  gold  tips  on 
flaps  of  coin  and  bill  compartments.  Flip  the 
flap  and  slip  out  the  bill  without  unfolding  the 
wallet.  Cherry,  clover,  brown,  navy,  black.  About 
$7.50  ot  Dunn's  English  Leather  Shop,  Atlantic 
City,   and    Robbins,    Ltd.,    Beverly   Hills,   Calif. 

LUCKY   YOU    .    .  with    this   western 

horseshoe-fab  belt.  The  leather  is  saddle;  the 
colors  are  stallion  black,  Sequoia  tanbark  and 
natural  buff.  The  horseshoe  and  the  smooth  slim 
buckle  are  shining  solid  brass.  Sizes,  24-32. 
About  1J4"  wide  and  about  $4  at  better  stores 
throughout  the  country.  For  the  name  of  the 
store  in  your  vicinity,  write  Phil  Socket!  Mfg. 
Co.,  1240  S.  Main,  Los  Angeles.  Est.  1925. 

GARDENIAS  .  .  .  with  the  dainty  waxen 
purity  of  living  blossoms  that  will  forever  retain 
the  crisp  cool  whiteness  of  their  original  love- 
liness .  .  .  for  the  answer  to  your  gift  problems 
...  a  corsage  or  table  decoration  by  Coreen 
Originals,  created  in  featherlight  Celanese  Lum- 
arith.  Ask  for  them  at  your  nearest  gift  shop,  or 
order  direct,  $5.50  each;  with  perfume,  $7.50. 
Postpaid  from  Hobson  and  Schuttz  Sates  Co., 
1151    S.   Broadway,   Los  Angeles. 

SPINNER  ASH  TRAY  . .  .  just  turn  the 

knob  and  unsightly  cigarette  and  cigar  ends  spin 
away.  Wonderful  for  the  executive's  den,  recrea- 
tion room  or  office.  Man -size  (about  7/2  in 
diameter),  heavy-weight  brass  with  bright  chrome 
or  bronze  plate  finish.  Heavy  felt  covered  plate 
at  bottom  protects  table  tops  and  prevents  tip- 
ping. From  Art  Metal  Appliance  Co.,  11806  Bel- 
lagio  Rd...  Los  Angeles,  $7.50,  including  tax  and 
postage. 


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THE     CALIFORNIAN,     April,      1947 


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REAL  TORTOISE  .  .  .  a    beautiful 

bracelet  from  the  Barbadoes,  artfully  carved 
from  tortoise  shell  in  its  natural  tones  of  delicate 
amber  to  deep,  deep  brown.  It  is  %"  wide  and 
71/4"  around.  A  love  of  a  bracelet  and  a  jewelry 
piece  to  be  treasured.  Write  to  Susan  Ranney, 
Distinctive  Gifts,  507  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York 
City.  The  price  is  $15.60  including  tax  and 
postage. 

PURSE  PERFUMER  .  .  .  s  i  k  k    and 

streamlined,  guaranteed  leakproof  forever.  Holds 
one  dram  .  .  .  works  like  a  charm  by  merely 
pressing  the  button  at  the  top.  A  lustrous  new 
plated  metal  that  neither  scratches  nor  tarnishes 
.  .  .  platinum-like  finish,  $3.50;  gold  finish,  $5, 
postpaid.  Order  from  Daniels  of  Beverly  Hills, 
451  N.  Beverly  Drive,  Beverly  Hills,  Calif.,  or  for 
the  store  nearest  you,  write  Funk  Distributing, 
257    S.    Spring,    Los    Angeles. 

HIS  AND  HERS  .  .  .  starbright  14K  gold 
banded  in  midnight  black  suede  ...  an  ex- 
quisite casing  for  the  finest  in  17  jeweled  ac- 
curacy and  quality.  Ideal  to  glorify  a  wedding, 
anniversary  or  other  dual  gift  occasion.  Man's 
watch  $175.  Woman's  watch  $150.  Federal  tax 
included.  The  name  is  Post.  Ask  for  them  at  your 
favorite  store  or  write  to  the  Post  Watch  Co.  Inc., 
607    Fifth    Avenue,   New    York    17. 

BABY    ANNOUNCEMENT 

MATCHES  ...  a  distinctive  novelty  to 
announce  the  arrival  of  a  new  baby.  Ample 
room  on  the  reverse  side  of  the  blue-boy  and 
pink-girl    bookmatches    for    vital     statistics    .    .    . 

i  date,  name,  weight.  $2.50  at  gift  and  depart- 
ment stores  including  Auerbach  Company,  Salt 
Lake    City;    The    Bon     Marche,    Seattle;    Strong's 

[Book  Store,  Albuquerque;  Weinstock-Lubin  &  Co., 
Sacramento.  By  Monogram  Company  of  Calif., 
1244    Larkin    St.,   San    Francisco. 

I  BOOKS   .  .  .  written    and    published    in    Cali- 

Inia   .    .    .    meaty,   new   creative   writing.    Kenneth 

|Patchen,    "enfant    terrible"    of    American    letters, 

offers   illustrated  codes   for   living   in   "Panels    For 

|The    Walls    Of    Heaven,"    $4.50.    Leonard    Wolf, 

Berkeley   poet,   with    "Hamadrad    Hunted,"   treats 

human    themes,    $2.50.     Love    lyrics    concern    San 

Franciscan    Phillip   Lamantia's  "Erotic  Poems,"  $2. 

Order  from    Bern    Porter,   publisher,   2303   Durant, 

IBerkeley,  Calif.    Add  15c  for  tax  and  mailing. 


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TRI-COLOR  ...  to  give  you  "That  California 
Look."  Fashioned  of  "Rumpus,"  an  Ameritex 
gabardine,  in  luscious  tri-color  combinations. 
Sizes    10-18.  About   $11. 

Write  for  name  of  nearest  store. 

DOLUS  of  CALIFORNIA 

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THE     CALIFORNIAN,     April,     1947 


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On  Record 


WITH  FRANCES  ANDERSON 


X  en  years  ago  the  only  people  who 
cared  much  about  American  folk  music, 
with  the  exception  of  Negro  spirituals, 
were  for  the  most  part  the  people  still 
helping  to  create  it,  those  to  whom  it 
had  been  handed  down  through  the 
generations  .  .  .  and  the  handful  of 
musicians  and  scholars  who  found  it 
worthy  of  study. 

Just  look  at  the  situation  today. 
Maxine  Sullivan  probably  did  a  little 
ice-breaking  with  her  sophisticated,  but 
appealing,  renditions  of  old  English  and 
American  ballads.  And  gradually  the 
public  became  sufficiently  educated  to 
take  the  stuff  straight,  instead  of  diluted 
with  jive.  So  now  we  have  Burl  Ives, 
Josh  White,  Huddie  Ledbetter  (Lead- 
belly),  Richard  Dyer-Bennett  .  .  .  and 
Susan  Reed. 

Susie  is  the  gal  who  has  been  singing 
for  some  seasons  now  at  Cafe  Society 
in  New  York.  She  plays  old  instruments 
...  a  zither,  a  lute,  an  Irish  harp,  etc. 
She  looks  young  and  naive,  like  a  hill 
girl,  plainly  dressed,  with  bare  feet  .  .  . 
and  lacquered  fingernails.  And  Susie 
it  is  whose  folk  music  of  this  country, 
as  well  as  of  England,  Ireland,  Norway, 
is  immortalized  on  the  top-notch,  grade 
A  wax  ordinarily  reserved  for  the  Tos- 
caninis,  Heifetzes,  Rubinsteins  and  Pin- 
zas.  In  short,  Victor  has  put  out  a  Red 
Seal  album  of  Susie's  songs.  Folk  music 
has  arrived. 

You'll  like  the  songs,  too  .  .  .  familiar 
tunes  and  some  not  so  well  known  .  .  . 
sung  in  a  very  sweet,  unpracticed  sound- 
ing voice,  but  rather  too  artfully  for  the 
true  hill  touch. 

April  brings  other  interesting  new 
records  .  .  .  f'rinstance: 

CLASSICAL  GEMS 

"Bach  Arias"  sung  by  Marian  Ander- 
son. Noble  music  from  four  cantatas 
and  the  St.  Matthew's  Passion,  nobly 
interpreted  by  one  of  the  world's  great 
artists.  Excellent  orchestra  work  under 
the  leadership  of  Robert  Shaw.  Victor. 

"Concerto  for  Piano  and  Orchestra," 
Khatchaturian.  William  Kapell,  brilliant 
young  pianist  who  has  introduced  the 
American  public  to  this  work  by  one  of 
Russia's  rising  stars,  records  the  com- 
position with  which  he  is  now  primarily 
identified.  Serge  Koussevitzky  and  the 
Boston  Symphony  lend  material  aid  in 
rendering  this  atmospheric  music  in 
which  the  modern  idiom  becomes  com- 
pletely Slav.  Interesting,  well  recorded. 
Victor. 

"Prelude  to  Die  Meistersinger"  has 
Toscanini  and  the  NBC  Symphony  do- 
ing as  well  by  Wagner  as  could  be. 
Single  record.  Victor.  "Saudades  do 
Brasil"  by  Milhaud  gives  Artur  Rubin- 
stein opportunity  for  pianistic  fireworks. 
A  lovable  Gershwin  prelude  (No.  2) 
backs  it  up.  Single  record.  Victor.  "Ne- 
mico  della  Patria"  from  Giordano's 
"Andrea  Chenier"  and  "Adamastor,  Re 
dell'  Acque  Profonde"  from  Meyer- 
beer's "L'Africana"  give  the  Met's  fine 
young  tenor,  Robert  Merrill,  full  scope 
for  his  voice  and  artistry.  Single  record. 
Victor. 

For  Small  Fry:  "Lullabies,"  an  album 
of  familiar  go-to-sleep  songs  sweetly 
played  by  Eddie  Brown  and  his  string 
ensemble,  sung  by  Crys  Holland  and 
Jean  Merrill.  Nice  stuff.  Sonora. 


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GOING  PLACES  AND  EATING  OUT 


GOING  PLACES  AND  EATING  OUT 

THE  CALIFORNIAN  presents  for  your  convenience  a  current  directory  of  the  finest  restaurants  in  Los  Angeles 
and  San  Francisco,  cultural  events  of  interest  and  activities  that  make  living  in  California  or  a  visit  to  our 
state  the  most  enjoyable  for  you  and  your  family.  Fine  foods  of  many  kinds  are  available,  and  whenever 
possible  specialties  of  the  house  are  listed,  names  of  the  maitres  d'hotel  and  days  the  establishments  are  open. 
Have  a  good  time ! 

THE  RESTAURANTS 
IN  LOS  ANGELES 


AMBASSADOR—  3400  Wilshire  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles. 
World-famous  Cocoanut  Grove  open  every  night  ex- 
cept Monday.  Saturday  afternoon  tea  dancing.  Freddy 
Martin's  Orchestra.  Dinners  from  $3.25.  Cover  $1, 
Saturday   $1.50.    Rouben. 

BAR  OF  MUSIC— 7351  Beverly  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles. 
Excellent  double-piano  on  a  stage  back  of  the  bar. 
Food.  Good  small  band.  Two-dollar  minimum  on 
Saturday  and  Sunday. 

DON  THE  BEACHCOMBER— 1727  North  McCadden 
Place,  Hollywood.  Fried  Shrirnf),  Rumaki,  Barbecued 
Spareribs,  Mandarin  Duck,  Chicken  Almond  and 
knoivn  as  originator  of  the  Zombie.  Dinners  from  $3. 
Usually  crowded,  but  good  tourist  spot. 

BEVERLY  HILLS  HOTEL—  9641  Sunset  Blvd.,  Bev- 
erly Hills.  Palm  Room  open  Thursday,  Friday  and 
Saturday  nights  with  dancing.  Thursday  buffet,  $3.75. 
Dinner  a  la  carte  from  $1.75.  Good  food  and  you 
might  see  a  movie  star. 

BEVERLY  -  WILSHIRE  HOTEL— 9415  Wilshire 
Blvd.,  Beverly  Hills.  Tasty  food  in  Copa  d'Oro  and 
Terrace   Room,    with    medium    prices. 

BILTMORE  BOWL— 515  South  Olive  St.,  Los  An- 
geles. Best  place  downtown  for  good  food  and  good 
music,  with  Russ  Morgan  playing.  Two-dollar  din- 
ners, nominal  cover  charge  and  two  floor  shows.  Nice 
for  tourists.  Closed  Monday. 

BIT  O'  SWEDEN— 9051  Sunset  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles. 
On  the  famous  "Strip."  Good  food,  reasonable  prices, 
sometimes  smorgasbord.   Fine  for  tourists. 

BUBLICHKI— 8846  Sunset  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles.  A 
bit  of  Russia  on  the  Strip.  Cutlet  a  la  Kieff,  Filet 
Mignon  a  la  Stroganoff,  Caucasian  ShashUk,  Rus- 
sian Blini.  Dinners  from  $3.  Host,  Wally;  hostess, 
Jasmina.  Good  music  and  romantical.  Closed  Tuesday. 

CASA  LA  GOLONDRINA— 35  Olvera  St.,  Los  An- 
geles, "the  first  brick  house  in  the  citv."  Historic 
Mexican  cafe.  Arroz  con  Polio,  Enchiladas,  Tacos. 
Dinners  from  $2.   Alfredo.   Closed   Sunday. 

CHAROUCHKA—  S524  Sunset  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles. 
Another  bite  of  Russia  on  the  Strip.  Mamma  and 
Papa,  "your  hosts,"  excel  with  atmosphere,  food 
and  soothing  music.  Closed  Monday,  and  prices 
fairly   high. 

CHASEN'S— 9339  Beverly  Blvd.,  Beverly  Hills.  One 
of  the  best  in  the  West.  Excellent  cuisine  and  plenty 
of    celebrities.    Expensive.    Closed    Monday. 

CIRO'S— 8344  Sunset  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles.  On  the 
Strip  and  luxurious,  with  name  bands  for  dancing. 
Expensive.   Celebrities,   sometimes. 

CRICKET  ON  THE  HEARTH— 806  North  La 
Cienega  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles.  New,  attractive  and 
excellent  English  food.  Blintzes,  too!  Old  English 
Bubble  and  Squeak,  Hungarian  Beef  Paprikash.  A  la 
carte,  reasonable.   Go. 

HENRI'S— 9236  Sunset  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles.  Excel'ent 
French  food  served  in  the  grand  manner.  A  la  carte 
and   expensive,  but  for  the  discriminating. 

HOUSE  OF  MURPHY— La  Cienega  "Restaurant 
Row"  at  Fourth  Street,  Los  Angeles.  Madame  Begue's 
Chicken  Creole,  Hamburger  and  Onion  Rings,  Million 
Dollar  Hash.  Your  host,  Bob  Murphy.  Wonderful 
Salads,  Beautiful  Steaks.  A  la  carte,  medium  prices. 
Open  every  day. 

KNOTT'S  BERRY  FARM— Buena  Park.  An  hour's 
drive  from  Los  Angeles,  but  a  tourist's  dream  as 
reported  in  Reader's  Digest.  Good  chicken  and  ham 
and  hot  biscuits.  Reasonable  prices.  Gift  shop. 

LA  RUE— 8633  Sunset  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles,  on  the 
Strip.   Tops  in   food   and  decor.   Crepes  Louise,   Crepes 


a  la  Reine,  Lasagne  Pasticciate,  Beef  Bourguignonne. 
From  noon  till  3  for  lunch  except  Sunday.  From  6^  to 
11  p.m.  for  dinner.  Closed  Monday.  Felix  Cigolini. 
A  la  carte  entrees  from  $2.25. 

LINDY'S— 3656  Wilshire  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles.  A  good 
place  to   eat,   with   steaks   a  feature.   Closed   Monday. 

LUCEY'S — 5444  Melrose  Avenue,  Hollywood.  Good 
food,  medium  prices  and  across  the  street  from 
Paramount   Studio.    Movie   stars    abound   at   lunch. 

MIKE  LYMAN'S  OR  AL  LEVY'S— When  you're 
downtown  in  Los  Angeles.  Good  food,  same  man- 
agement. Reasonable. 

MOCAMBO— 8588  Sunset  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles.  One 
of  the  Strip's  spots  for  movie  stars.  Colorful,  crowded 
and  expensive. 

PEGGY  CLEARY'S—  "Talk  of  the  Town"  Restaurant 
at  1904  So.  Robertson  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles.  New  and 
attractive.  Scalhpini  Piccate,  Stuffed  Squab,  Breast 
of  Guinea  Hen.  A  la  carte  and  prices  fairly  high, 
but  the  food's  delicious.  Closed  Tuesday. 

PERINO'S — 3027  Wilshire  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles.  In 
the  heart  of  the  smart  shopping  area.  Excellent  food. 
A   favorite  luncheon  rendezvous  for  society. 

PICCADILLY— 848  No.  La  Cienega  Blvd.,  Los  An- 
geles. Fairly  new,  but  very  good,  with  Ernest  Vignati 
as   your   host.    Steaks. 

PIERRE'S— 2295  Huntington  Drive,  San  Marino.  A 
good  cretes  suzette  and  pleasant  atmosphere.  Char- 
coal-broiled filet  mignon,  too.  Pierre.  From  noon 
till    9. 

PLAYERS— 8225  Sunset  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles.  Good  for 
tourists   and  you   might  see  a  movie  star.   Expensive. 

READY  ROOM— Johnny  Wilson's  popular  rendez- 
vous for  the  younger  set.  Big  fireplace,  delicious 
steaks,  informal  atmosphere.  At  365  No.  La  Cienega 
Blvd.,    Los   Angeles,    on   Restaurant  Row. 

ROMANOFF'S— 326  No.  Rodeo  Drive,  Beverly  Hills. 
Prince  Mike  caters  to  movie  stars,  writers  and  pro- 
ducers. Expensive. 

SARNEZ— 170  No.  La  Cienega  Blvd.,  Beverly  Hills. 
Lew  Sailee  and  Harry  Ringland  have  an  attractive 
place,  with  good  food  and  good  music,  reasonably 
priced. 

SOMERSET  HOUSE— On  Restaurant  Row  in  Bev- 
erly Hills.  Fine  steaks,  a  la  carte  dinners,  nice 
atmosphere   and   expensive. 

SPORTSMAN'S  LODGE— 12833  Ventura  Blvd., 
North  Hollywood.  An  epicurean  delight  in  San  Fer- 
nando Valley.  Broiled  Lobster,  Chicken  Saute  a  Sec, 
Charcoal-broiled  Steaks  in  a  gorgeous  setting.  One  of 
the  finest  restaurants  in  California.  Jack  Spiros.  From 
5:30  p.m.  Closed  Monday. 

TAIL  O'  THE  COCK— 477  So.  La  Cienega  Blvd., 
Los  Angeles,  on  Restaurant  Row.  Mac  McHenry  pro- 
vides excellent  food,  good  companions  and  a  pleasing 
atmosphere.  Hamburger  Diable  and  Fried  Shrimp  are 
specialties.  You'll  want  to  go  again  and  again,  and 
it's  reasonably  priced. 

TOWN  HOUSE— 2965  Wilshire  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles, 
overlooking  Lafayette  Park.  Three  smart  cafes  to 
serve  you  .  .  .  Garden  Room,  Cape  Cod  Grill 
and  the  Zebra  Room.  No  cover  or  minimum.  Excellent 
food  and  a  good  spot  for  the  tourist. 

VAGABOND  HOUSE— 2505  Wilshire  Blvd.,  in  the 
heart  of  smart  Los  Angeles.  New  and  with  the  Don 
Blanding  touch.  Curries  their  specialty.  Dinners  from 
4  on.  George.  Prices  medium.  Open  every  day. 

VILLA   NOVA— 9015    Sunset  Blvd.,   Los  Angeles.  A 


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charming    old    world    atmosphere    on    the    Strip.    Good 
Italian  food  and  good  service. 


THE  THEATRE 

PLAYS 
MUSICALS 

BILTMORE — Popular  operetta  "Student  Prince," 
starring  Frank  Hornaday,  April  3-13;  Theatre  Guild 
production  of  "Magnificent  Yankee"  with  Louis  Cal- 
hern,  April  14  to  May  3.  Every  night  at  8:30; 
matinees  Wednesday,  Saturday  at  2:30. 

PASADENA  COMMUNITY  PLAYHOUSE— "State 
of  the  Union"  ends  April  6;  Shakespeare's  "As  You 
Like  It"  runs  from  April  9  to  20,  and  "Yankee 
Fable,"  a  comedy  by  Guy  Andros,  plays  April  23  to 
May  4-.  Curtain  at  8:15;  prices  76c  to  $2. 

THEATRE  MART— Continually  playing  "The 
Drunkard"  every  night  at  8.  Famous  old-time  melo- 
drama with  beer  and  pretzels.  Wonderful  tourist  en- 
tertainment and  good  for  the  entire  family. 

EL  CAPITAN— Ken  Murray's  "Blackouts  of  19*7", 
starring  Marie  Wilson  and  Ken,  every  night  at  8:30, 
with  plenty  of  matinees.  Variety  entertainment  that 
will  please.  Good  for  tourists. 

EARL  CARROLL'S  THEATRE  RESTAURANT— In 
Hollywood  for  the  tourist.  "The  Vanities"  in  a  new 
show,  each  night  with  two  different  performances  at 
9:15  and  midnight.  Girls.  Girls.  Three-thirty  with 
dinner,    $1.65    without. 

EL  PATIO — All-colored  revue,  "Sumpin'  Jumpin'  ", 
featuring  Wonderful  Smith,  Benny  Carter  and  his 
band,  every  night  at  8:30.  Matinee  Sunday  at  2-30. 
From  $1.80  evenings,  $1.20  matinee. 

VARIETY 

TURNABOUT  THEATRE— The  Yale  Puppeteers, 
Elsa  Lanchester  and  Lotte  Goslar  in  good  entertain- 
ment. March  30-April  5,  "Gullible's  Travels"  and 
Southern  Exposure;"  April  6-12,  "Mr.  Noah"  and 
About  Face;"  April  13-19,  "Caesar  Julius"  and 
Vice  Versa;"  April  20-26,  "Tom  and  Jerry"  and 
Turnabout  Time." 

ICE-CAPADES  OF  1947— Famous  family-enjoyment 
ice  extravaganza,  featuring  Donna  Atwood,  begins 
Pan  Pacific  Auditorium  run  on  April  24.  Colorful  cos- 
tumes, beautiful  girls.  Every  night  at  8:30,  Sunday 
matinee  at  2:30.  From  $1.25  to  $3.60. 

CONCERT 

SIGMUND  ROMBERG—  At  Philharmonic  Auditori- 
um April  4  and  5,  conducting  orchestra  and  soloists, 
at  8:30.   First  personal   appearance  in  Los  Angeles. 

BIDU  SAYAO — Metropolitan  soprano  at  Philharmonic 
April   8. 

JACOB  GIMPEL— Concert  pianist  at  Philharmonic 
April    9. 

GUISEPPE  DI  LUCCA— Noted  baritone  at  Philhar- 
monic April   12. 

JASCHA  HEIFETZ— World-famous  violinist  at  Phil- 
harmonic April   16. 

JAMES  MELTON— Radio  and  opera  star  at  Philhar- 
monic Sunday  matinee  2:30  on  April  21. 

PHILHARMONIC  ORCHESTRA  IN  LOS  ANGE- 
LES—On  April  10-11  at  Philharmonic  Alfred  Wal- 
lenstein will  conduct;  David  Frisina,  concertmaster, 
soloist.  On  April  17-18  Wallenstein  will  conclude  the 
home  season  by  conducting  an  entire  orchestral  pro- 
gram. 


1  in  Long  Beach,  April  2  in  Pasadena,  April  3  in 
San  Diego,  April  6  in  Compton,  with  Malcuzynski, 
noted  Polish  pianist,  as  soloist  at  all  but  Long  Beach 
engagement.  Wallenstein  will  conduct  the  orchestra 
again  on  April  13  in  Glendale,  April  19  in  Escon- 
dido  and   April   20   in   Alhambra. 


OPERA 

LOS    ANGELES     CIVIC    LIGHT     OPERA— Season 
opens  April  21   at  Philharmonic  with   "Song  of  Nor- 


way. 


SPORTS 


HARNESS  RACING— Grand  _  Circuit  Meeting  of 
Western  Harness  Racing  Association  opens  April  11 
at  Hollywood  Park,  with  races  scheduled  Tuesdays 
through    Saturdays    each    week    until    May    17. 

BOWLING — American  Bowling  Congress  in  progress 
at  National    Guard   Armory  in  Exposition   Park. 

BOXING — Every  Friday  night  at  8:30  at  Hollywood 
Legion  Stadium ;  every  Tuesday  night  at  8 :30  at 
downtown    Olympic    Stadium. 

WRESTLING — Every  Monday  night  at  Hollywood 
Legion  Stadium ;  every  Wednesday  night  at  down- 
town   Olympic   Auditorium. 

POLO — Regul  ar  match  games  every  Sundav  at  2  at 
Riviera  Country  Club  Polo  Field,  off  Sunset  Blvd., 
on  the  way  to  the  beach. 

SKIING  AND  SNOW  SPORTS— Fourth  Annual 
Snow  and  Spring  Sports  Meet  at  Sun  Valley  April 
12-13;  weekly  session  of  "Spring  Learn  to  Ski  Weeks" 
scheduled  for  April  13  and  20  under  direction  of 
Friedl   Pfeifer   at   Sun  Valley. 

TRACK — University  of  Southern  California's  dual 
meet  April  26  with  Stanford  at  Palo  Alto;  Santa 
Barbara  Relays  at  Santa  Barbara. 

BASEBALL — Pacific  Coast  League  season  opens  April 
1.  See  daily  paper  for  contestants  and  time.  Games 
regularly  in  Los  Angeles,  Hollywood,  San  Francisco, 
Oakland,    Sacramento,    San   Diego,    Seattle,    Portland. 

FISHING — Yellowtail  Fishing  Derby  begins  in  San 
Diego  April    1,  finals  August   30.   Prizes  offered. 

LAKESIDE  RODEO— In  San  Diego  County  April  6, 
with  bronc  busting,  bulldogging,  trick  riding  and 
calf    roping. 

EASTER  EGG  HUNT  ON  SKIS— At  Mammoth 
Mountain  in  Inyo-Mono  area  on  April  6.  Prizes  for 
all  ages,  slalom  and  downhill  ski  events. 

BADMINTON  —  National  championships  at  Pan 
Pacific    Auditorium    April    9-13. 

GOLF — Twelfth  Annual  Bobby  Jones  Tournament 
April    11-13    at    Catalina. 

DOG  SHOW— Los  Angeles  Kennel  Club's  Forty-third 
Annual  National  All-Breed  Show  April  26-27  at  Gil- 
more  Stadium. 


THE  RESTAURANTS 

IN  SAN  FRANCISCO 

PALACE  HOTEL— Market  and  New  Montgomery 
Sts.  Garden  Court  serving  lunch,  tea,  and  dinner. 
Leonard  Auletti  and  his  concert  orchestra.  Ask  lor 
Joseph,  maitre  d'.  Also  Rose  Room,  open  nightly  ex- 
cept Monday,  with  Jean  Sablon  and  Eddy  Oliver's 
orchestra.  Cover  $1  weekdays,  $1.50  Saturdays. 
Adolph. 

CATHAY  HOUSE— 718  California  St.  In  the  heart 
of  Chinatown.  Lunch  90c  and  $1.10,  dinner  $1.75 
and  $2.  Ernest  Tsang.  Authentic  Chinese  food  only, 
featuring  Hung  Ngon  Gai  Choiv  Mein. 


PHILHARMONIC  ORCHESTRA  ON  TOUR— April  OMAR  KHAYYAM— 196  O'Farrell  St.  Dinner  only, 


•  California 
In  Books 

BY  HAZEL  PULLING 


Kj  ALIFORNIA  beckons!  Magic  words 
when  one  has  turned  the  keys  that  open 
wide  the  gates  to  this  land  of  sunshine 
and  color.  To  see  California's  unique 
and  varied  past  shining  through  her 
daily  fare  .  .  to  know  the  meaning  be- 
hind her  present  way  of  life  .  .  is  to 
participate  to  the  full  in  all  that  Cali- 
fornia has  to  offer. 

The  keys  to  California  are  her  books. 
No  week  passes  that  does  not  bring  to 
light  some  new  work  that  reveals  Cali- 
fornia's many  facets.  Books  of  history, 
travel,  fiction,  biography  .  .  these,  and 
many  others  .  .  portray  her  character 
now  and  as  it  was  in  days  long  past. 
Bound  within  her  place  names  lies 
the  meaning  of  much  of  early  California 
and  the  secret  of  some  of  the  colorful 
tone  that  is  hers  today.  Those  names, 
some  as  old  as  California  herself,  have 
been  retained  decade  after  decade  while 
scholar  and  interested  layman  have 
sought  to  unravel  the  history  behind  the 
wora. 

Latest  of  the  searchers  is  Herbert  In- 
gram Priestley  who  spent  long  years  at 
this  intriguing  task.  Now,  in  Franciscan 
Explorations  in  California  (Arthur  H. 
Clark,  1946.  189p.  $5.00)  we  have  the 
results  of  his  studies.  Sketched  in  pan- 
oramic survey  are  the  travels  of  pious 
and  adventurous  Spaniards  from  1769 
to  1823.  From  San  Diego  to  some  dis- 
tance north  of  San  Francisco  their  geo- 
graphic tracings  and  namings  are  dis- 
closed. Detailed  descriptions  of  sites, 
whether  mountain  passes  or  minor 
points,  are  given  and  the  origins  of 
names  assigned  are  revealed.  This  is  a 
trustworthy  guide  for  the  Californian 
who  today,  as  Priestley  says,  "rejoices 
when  he  finds  that  his  home  lies  on  the 
pathway  trod  by  the  friars  of  a  bygone 
day  on  their  errands  of  faith." 

Another  and  quite  a  different  view 
of  California  may  be  found  in  her 
sports.  Southern  California  turf  de- 
votees and  those  who  only  wonder  what 
it's  all  about  will  find  guidance  and  en- 
lightenment in  Ernest  E.  Blanche's  Off 
to  the  Races  (Barnes,  1947.  $2.50).  Re- 
plete with  illustration  and  anecdote  re- 
flecting the  atmosphere  of  the  track, 
this  account  gives  the  terminology,  his- 
tory, lives  of  famous  characters  both 
biped  and  quadruped,  the  mechanics  of 
betting  and  percentages,  and  many 
other  features  of  horse  racing.  This  is 
a  guide  that  will  give  one  an  under- 
standing, if  not  a  lucky  technique,  of  a 
sport  that  captures  the  heart  of  many 
a  Californian. 

Interesting  side  lights  of  Californiana 
are  portrayed  in  the  delightfully  humor- 
ous, but  persistently  pathetic  Bring 
Along  Laughter  by  journalist  Milla 
Logan  (Random,  1947.  250p.  $2.50). 
This  is  the  story  of  Milla  Zenovich 
Logan's  Serbian  family  with  all  its 
relatives  that  lived  in  a-nd  around  San 
Francisco.  From  grandmother  to  littlest 
cousin  each  plays  a  vital  part  in  the 
family's  destiny.  Homesick,  united, 
brave,  and  as  lovingly  "old  country"  as 
could  be  achieved,  together  they  spin 
a  saga  that  is  part  of  California's  lore. 


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$2.25.  up.  Bert  Rustigian.  Armenian  S Irish  Kebab, 
Tchakhokhbelli   and   Kouzou    Kzartma    are   specialties. 

ST.  FRANCIS  HOTEL— Powell  and  Geary.  Mural 
Room  open  daily  for  lunch  and  dinner,  with  dancing 
from  8:30  p.m.  except  Monday,  and  tea  dancing 
Saturdays  from  4-  to  5:30.  Hal  Pruden's  band.  A 
la  carte.   Ernest.   Order  almost  anything. 

LONGBARN— On  El  Camino  Real,  2  miles  south  of 
Stanford  University.  Open  for  dinner  only.  Closed 
Thursdays.  Ask  for  Willy  or  Eddy.  Dinners  $2.50  to 
$4.  Plan  to  eat  here  when  you  visit  the  peninsula. 
Country   farmhouse   style    with   women   chefs. 

RESTAURANTE  LOMBARD— 1906  Van  Ness  Ave. 
Dinner  only,  from  $2.50,  or  a  la  carte.  Bill  Lombard 
specializes   in  steaks  and  real  thick  roast  beef. 

EL  PRADO — Post  and  Stockton,  in  the  Plaza  Hotel. 
Lunch  11-2,  dinner  6-9,  closed  Sundays  and  holidays. 
Walter  is  maitre  d'.  Service  London  style,  with  every- 
thing rolled  in  on  a  serving  table.  Chef  Maurice 
specializes   in    French   cuisine.    Roast   beef   best   item. 

STAR  LITE  ROOM,  Hotel  Sir  Francis  Drake — Sutter 
and  Powell.  Lunch  only  from  12  to  2,  buffet  stvle, 
for  $1.50.  Includes  hot  dishes.  Al  Field,  host.  You 
dine  22  floors  up  with  a  spectacular  view. 

HIGH  BONNET— 20  O'Farrell.  Closed  Sundays.  Din- 
ner from  $2,  which  includes  Smorgasbord.  Ask  for 
Henri.   American   cooking  with   French   finesse. 

TONGA  ROOM — In  the  Fairmont  Hotel.  Open  4:30 
p.m.  to  1:30  a.m.  daily.  Hawaiian  band  plays  on  a 
raft  in  a  swimming  pool,  with  the  dining  tables 
surrounding.  Dinners  $3.50.  Hawaiian  Ham  and 
Eggs   at  $1.50,   or   a   la  carte.    Henry   Degorog,    host. 

TARANTINO'S— 206  Jefferson  St.  Open  11  a.m.  to 
11  p.m.  Dinners  $2.50  and  a  la  carte.  Dan  Sweeney, 
Jr.  and  Jack  Adams.  Seafood,  steaks  and  chops.  Food 
not  outstanding,  but  try  it  because  it's  on  Fisher- 
man's   Wharf. 

PARIS — 242  O'Farrell  St.  Lunch  and  dinner  dailv, 
but  no  lunch  on  Sundav.  Dinner  $1.50.  Typical  old 
San  Francisco  familv-style  French  cuisine  in  plain 
surroundings.  Lots  of  crusty  French  bread  and  de- 
licious soup.   Excellent  cooking. 

BLUE  FOX — 659  Merchant  St.  Dinners  only,  closed 
Mondays.  Ask  for  Mario  or  Frank.  Dinners  from 
$2.  French  and  Italian  style.  Frog  Legs  Doree,  Bone- 
less Squab,  Chicken  stuffed  tvith  tvild  rice,  Rex  Sole 
Marguerite.  In  an  alley,  not  bright  and  shiny,  but 
they  know  how  to  cook.  The  natives  eat  here. 

BERNSTEIN'S  GROTTO— 123  Powell.  Open  daily 
for  lunch  and  dinner.  Lunch  from  65c,  dinner  from 
$1.30.  Exclusively  sea  food  and  good.  Lobster  Prin- 
cpss,  Deviled  Crab  in  Shell,  Eastern  Oysters  on  Half 
Shrll,  Fried  Prawns  and  Abalone  served  in  rooms 
built   like  a  ship's  interior. 

CLIFF  HOUSE— Point  Lobos  Avenue,  overlooking 
Seal  Rocks.  Dinners  daily  from  $1.50.  Seafood, 
Steaks,  Chicken  and  Roasts.  Eat  while  looking 
through  the  oversize  Dlateglass  windows  at  the 
ocean,   Seal  Rocks  and  Golden  Gate  strait. 


THE  THEATRE 

CONCERTS 

SIGMUND  ROMBERG-;-Conducting  orchestra  at  San 
Francisco   Civic   Auditorium   April    9   at   8:30. 

1ASCHA    HEIFETZ— Violinist    in    recital    at    Opera 
House  April  14  at  8:30. 

WITOLD     MALCUZYNSKI— In     piano     recital     at 
Opera    House   April    17    at    8:30. 

IAMES  MELTON — Opera  and  radio  tenor  at  Opera 
House  April    22   at  8:30. 

MARYLA    IONAS— Pianist    at    Opera    House    April 
26  and  8:30. 


ART  EXHIBITS 

MODERN  TEWELRY— Collection  from  Museum  of 
Modern  Art  in  New  York  and  west  coast  sources  at 
Museum  of  Art  from  April  15  to  Early  May. 


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PHOTOGRAPHY— Museum  of  Art  from  April  22 
to  May  11. 

TEMPTATIONS  OF  ST.  ANTHONY— Drawings 
and  paintings  submitted  for  a  contest  in  connection 
with  a  motion  picture  of  the  same  name.  At  Museum 
of   Art   April    15-30. 

SPORTS 

BASEBALL — At  Seals  Stadium,  San  Francisco:  Seat- 
tle, April  1  through  6;  Hollywood,  April  8  through 
13;  Portland,  April  29  through  May  4.  At  Oakland: 
Sacramento,  April  15  through  20;  San  Diego,  April 
22  through  27. 

HORSE  RACING — At  Tanforan  Tuesdays  through 
Saturdays  at  1  p.m.  April  5,  Vigilante  Handicap; 
April  19,  Mariposa;  April  26,  Pacific  Handicap; 
May  3,  Tanforan  Handicap,  $50,000  added,  for  3- 
year-oids  and  up  .  .  .  the  big  race. 

BOWLING— April  12-May  17,  Mission  Bowl 
Doubles,  $10,000  first  place.  Two  top-flight  women 
bowlers,  holding  national  titles,  challenge  San  Fran- 
cisco men. 

TRAVEL  &  SPORTS  SHOW— At  Pacific  Auditorium 
April  25  to  May  4,  from  1  to  11:30  p.m.,  with  floor 
shows  at  3 :30  and  9:30.  Boat  exhibition,  fly  cast- 
ing and  duck  calling  contests. 

OF  SPECIAL  INTEREST 

THROUGHOUT  STATE 

INDIAN  ARTISTS  EXHIBITION— At  Southwest 
Museum  in  Los  Angeles  all  April,  1  to  5  p.m.,  daily 
except  Monday.  Specially  featured  will  be  paintings 
by  Pueblo  and  Navajo  tribes,  their  pottery,  silver 
jewelry,  baskets,  blankets  and  kachina  dolls. 

"THROUGH  THE  TELESCOPE"— Planetarium 
show  at  Griffith  Observatory  in  Los  Angeles,  Wednes- 
day through  Sunday,  8:30  p.m.,  Friday  through  Sun- 
day 3  p.m.,  Sunday  4:15  p.m. 

FLOWERS  IN  BLOOM— Dogwood  along  Merced 
River  in  Yosemite  Valley,  the  Wawona  and  Big  Oak 
Flat  roads.  Two  thousand  acres  of  peach  blossoms  in 
Banning  area  of  San  Gorgonio  Pass.  White  Cherokee 
roses  along  Chase  River  in  Corona  climb  30  feet  to 
the  tops  of   palm  trees  for   a  distance  of  a  mi!e. 

BENEDICTION  DE  LOS  AN  I  MALES— Blessing  of 
the  Animals  April  5  in  Los  Angeles  is  perpetuation 
of  Mexican  custom  in  which  domestic  animals  are 
blessed  to  insure  fertility.  400  animals  adorned  with 
ribbons  and  flowers  parade  Olvera  Street  to  Old 
Plaza  Church  and  fiesta. 

DESERT  CIRCUS  — April  9-13  at  Palm  Springs. 
Costumes,  parades,  horse  shows,  carnival,  rodeo, 
children's  party  and  kangaroo  court. 

NATIONAL  BOAT  SHOW— April  12—20  in  Balboa 
Park,  San  Diego. 

RAMONA  PAGEANT— Last  two  weekends  in  April, 
first  week-end  in  May,  Twentieth  season  of  the  out- 
door play  presented  by  the  people  of  Hemet  and 
San  Jacinto,  based  on  Helen  Hunt  Jackson's  "Ra- 
mona." 

IMPERIAL  VALLEY  ROUNDUP— At  Imperial 
County  Fairgrounds  April  18-20  with  frontier  par- 
ade,   western    dances,    queen   contests,    etc. 

SPRING  GARDEN  SHOW— "Fantasia"  theme  at 
huge  showing  at  Exposition  Building  in  Oakland 
April    29-May   4. 

SPRING  FLOWER  SHOW— In  Santa  Maria  April 
19-20  at  Veterans  Memorial  Building.  Lovely  flower 
arrangements. 

ANTIQUE  SHOW— Second  Annual  Pacific  Coast 
Antique  Show  April  9 — 13  at  Pan  Pacific  Audi- 
torium in  Los  Angeles.  Tickets  $1. 

SANTA  BARBARA— Polo  every  Sunday  2:30  at 
Fleischmann  Field.  Free.  Old  Mission  Santa  Barbara, 
Museum  of  Natural  History  and  Botanic  Garden 
open  to  public  daily  and  Sunday. 

EASTER  SUNRISE  SERVICES— Sunday,  April  6,  at 
Hollywood  Bowl,  Forest  Lawn  in  Glendale,  Mt. 
Rubidoux  in  Riverside,  Catalina  Island,  San  Diego, 
Redlands,   Palm   Springs,   Yosemite   and   Sierra  Madre. 


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|  "A  garden  of  the  gods  ...  a  veritable  para- 
dise on  earth"  ...  the  explorers  said  of  Cali- 
fornia more  than  a  hundred  years  ago  ...  de- 
scribing fields  of  flowers  which  spread  as  far 
as  the  eyes  could  see  ...  of  magnificent  park- 
like expanses  where  native  trees  and  shrubs 
graced  the  landscape  with  their  inherent  sym- 
metry. 

As  it  was  then  ...  it  ever  shall  be  .  .  .  and 
today  it's  spring  .  .  .  when  plants  and  humans 
alike  experience  a  quickening  pulse  and  step 
forth  in  bright,  brave  new  garments.  Mother 
Earth  shakes  from  her  shoulders  the  last  vestige 
of  winter's  rest,  gray  skies  brighten  to  blue, 
and  once  again  it's  the  annual  miracle  of  re- 
newed life.  Visitors  have  come  from  all  over  the 
world  to  see  for  themselves  the  wonder  of  wild 


ooming. 


flowers  in  the  spring.  Poets  and  painters  have 
been  enthralled,  and  photographers  never  weary 
of  perpetuating  this  beauty  on  film.  Textile 
and  clothing  designers  have  been  inspired  by 
the  striking  color  combinations  and  delicate 
shadings  of  these  lovely  flowers,  have  carried 
their  vivid  influence  to  every  portion  of  the 
globe. 

We  are  writing  about  California  wild  flow- 
ers, but  California  and  Oregon  are  as  the  center 
of  a  picture  framed  on  either  side  by  Arizona 
and  Washington.  You  must  visualize  .  .  .  the 
great  pageant  of  color,  like  a  tonal  poem,  bursts 
forth  each  year  in  the  Colorado  Desert,  moves 
rapidly  onto  the  Mojave,  to  Southern  Arizona, 
and  then  northward  .  .  .  onward  and  upward 
.  .  .  through  Arizona,  along  the  California 
coast,  inland  over  rolling  hills  and  up  the  can- 
yons, finally  ending  in  late  summer  in  the 
highest  mountain  reaches. 

A  never-to-be-forgotten  treat  comes  to  those 
who  view  the  awakening  of  spring  in  the  arid 
regions.  It  is  here  that  the  lovely  Desert  Lilies, 
Primrose,  Verbena  and  Poppies  flourish.  One 
day  the  entire  area  is  dressed  as  usual  in  soft 
brown  and  gray.  Then  suddenly  it  is  meta- 
morphosed into  a  veritable  fairyland  of  color. 
Fragile,  delicate,  exciting  .  .  .  their  span  of  life 
is  short  .  .  .  for  three  or  four  days  of  excessive 
heat  will  sear  most  of  those  lower-growing  wild 
flowers,  and  once  again  the  desert  floor  returns 
to  its  quieter,  drabber  tones.  But  this  is  not 
the  end  of  spring  on  the  desert,  for  down  in 
Southern  Arizona  the  Sahuaro,  greatest  of  all 
succulents,  will  soon  be  wearing  its  creamy 
waxen  crown  of  blossoms.  The  Ironwood  will 
join  it  and  shower  the  ground  with  pale  pink. 
Here,  too,  and  in  far  southerly  inland  valleys  of 
California  the  golden  flowers  of  the  Palo  Verde 
tree  will  light  the  landscape  for  miles  about; 
rare  glimpses  will  be  caught  of  the  purple-blue 
beauty  of  the  Smoke  Tree;  large  stands  of  the 
striking  scarlet-tipped  Ocotillo  will  be  extending 
spiked  branches  toward  the  heavens;  and  the 
vivid  brilliance  of  the  Cacti  blossoms  is  yet  to 
come. 


Meanwhile,  San  Diego  County  hills  are  be- 
coming clothed  with  the  blue  and  white  of 
Lilac  before  it  spreads  northward.  Here,  too, 
we  usually  find  early  showings  of  Blue  Dicks, 
Shooting  Stars  and  Poppies.  Death  Valley  will 
be  looking  to  Grapevine  Canyon  for  Phacelia, 
Poppy,  Gilia  and  Primrose  .  .  .  and  over  in 
Jubilee  Pass  many  another  blossom  will  be 
found  with  the  prevailing  Primrose.  Yucca,  the 
Candle  of  Our  Lord,  will  be  blooming  in  lower 
dry  washes  of  the  southern  portion  of  the  state. 
It  is  a  bit  too  early  for  the  majestic  white 
Matilija  Poppy,  but  the  bright  orange  of  other 
California  Poppies  will  be  found  with  Lupine 
and  Phlox  along  roadsides  and  joining  Lilac  in 
the  canyons.  The  Los  Padres  National  Forest, 
farther  north,  will  be  hailing  Bush  Poppy^ 
Phlox,  Daisies,  Buttercups,  Johnny-Jump-Ups' 
Oxalis,  Blue  Dicks,  Shooting  Star,  Lilac  and 
Poppies.  The  marvelous  Joshua  Tree  will  start 
to  blossom  above  a  flowering  Mojave  Desert. 
Famed  Kern  County  fields  will  shimmer  with 
Poppies,  Lupine,  Owl's  Clover,  Popcorn,  Baby 
Blue  Eyes,  Fiddleneck,  Desert  Asters,  Desert 
Candles,  Creamcups,  Primrose,  Larkspur,  Co- 
reopsis and  many,  many  more. 

In  Central  California  spring  will  come  first 
to  the  lower  altitudes  and  then  move  toward 
the  Mother  Lode  and  the  foothills  of  the  Na- 
tional Parks.  Bluebells,  Poppies,  Indian  Paint 
Brush,  Violets,  Wild  Rose,  Shooting  Stars,  But- 
tercups and  Chinese  Houses  soon  will  be  re- 
placed by  equally  showy  higher  altitude  dis- 
plays of  Red-bud,  Buck  Brush,  Fremontia  and 
Dogwood.  Northward  from  the  San  Francisco 
Bay  district  the  unrivaled  Redwood  Empire  will 
be  heralding  spring  with  the  Lake  County  dis- 
play of  Red-bud,  Fawn  Lilies  and  Poppies.  There 
will  be  Trillium,  Currants,  Violets,  Baby  Blue 
Eyes  and  Syringa  in  the  early  stages  of  the  Em- 
pire flowering.  Lupine,  Oxalis,  Lilac,  Iris, 
Solomon's  Seal,  Daisies,  Bleeding  Heart,  Salal, 
Dogwood  and  Manzanita  will  usher  in  the  great 
spectacle  of  mile  upon  mile  of  escaped  Broom 
and  the  incomparable  beauty  of  Azalea  and 
Rhododendron  in  full  flower.  And  as  the  blos- 
som season  moves  inland  from  Trinity  County 
to  the  higher  altitudes,  so,  too,  will  the  peak  of 
the  spring  festival  pass  from  Mendocino,  Hum- 
boldt and  Del  Norte  Counties  to  the  Oregon 
Coast  and  northward  into  Washington.  By  now, 
should  it  be  an  early  spring,  the  flowers  in 
the  valleys  of  Sequoia  and  Yosemite  National 
Parks  may  begin  appearing.  High  areas  on 
the  eastern  slope  of  the  Sierra  Nevada  and  the 
Mt.  Lassen  district  no  doubt  still  will  be  covered 
with  snow.  It  is  usually  late  in  the  summer  be- 
fore the  true  alpines  can  flower. 

A  complete  list  of  California 
wild  flowers  would  fill  a  book, 
and  to  tell  you  of  them  in  de- 
tail would  fill  many  another. 
So,  here  we  can  give  only  a  gen- 
eral idea  of  where  they  may  be 
found  and  the  common  names 
of  a  few  of  the  more  widely 
known.  If  you  seek  closer  ac- 
quaintance, consult  your  public 
librarian.  She  can  recommend 
"Western  Wild  Flowers  and 
Their  Stories,"  by  Charles  Fran- 
cis Saunders  .  .  .  fascinating 
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HE   BREATHLESS   BEAUTY 


OF    WILD    FLOWERS 


EACH    NEW   SPRING   LURES 


THOUSANDS   TO 


THE   ROLLING   GREEN   FIELDS 


OF   THE  GOLDEN   STATE 


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herb    bouquet 


California  herbs,  like  California  clothes,  have 
come  into  their  own.  And  the  war  did  it.  Until  that  time 
few  dilletantes  had  grown  culinary  herbs  for  their  own  use 
.  .  .  commercial  herb  farms  were  almost  nonexistent.  But 
when  the  shooting  started  and  the  imports  of  herbs  and 
spices  stopped,  the  wail  set  up  by  U.  S.  gastronomes  was 
heard  and  heeded  in  California.  We  grew  them! 

We  use  them,  too.  Not  that  there's  anything  new  in 
herb  cookery  .  .  .  Apicius,  the  Andre  Simon  of  ancient  Rome, 
gives  a  recipe  for  "IUS  ALBUM  IN  ASSUM  LEPOREM" 
(White  sauce  for  hare)  that  goes:  "...  in  a  sauce  pan 
boil  broth,  wine,  oil,  a  little  vinegar  and  chopped  onions. 
While  boiling  add  a  paste  of  spices,  stirring  with  a  faggot 
of  Origany  .  .  .  and  when  the  work  is  done,  bind  it  with 
a  roux."  If  you'd  like  to  do  as  the  Romans  do,  that  "faggot 
of  Origany"  was  nothing  but  a  twig  of  marjoram,  and  the 
"paste  of  spices"  was  pepper,  lovage,  cumin  and  celery  seed, 
all  available  at  your  corner  grocery  store  (Well,  maybe 
not  lovage!)  Some  centuries  later  along  came  Hannah 
Glasse,  that  English  writer  of  recipes  who  is  best  known 
for  a  phrase  she  never  wrote,  "first  catch  your  hare  .  .  ." 
She  did  write  recipes  for  hare,  however,  and  one  she  titles 
"To  Scare  a  Hare"  goes  this  way:  "Lard  your  hare  and 
put  a  pudding  in  the  belly;  put  it  in  a  pot  .  .  .  then  put 
to  it  two  quarts  of  strong  drawn  gravy,  one  of  red  wine, 
a  whole  lemon  cut,  a  faggot  of  sweet  herbs  (there  we  go 


again!)   ...  Set  it  before  the  first  and  baste  it  till  it  is 
fine  light  brown.  Send  it  to  the  table  hot"  And  I  imag 
that  by  this  time  the  hare  was  a  little  apprehensive. 

Good  cooks  still  use  faggots  of  herbs,  though  they 
them  "herb  bouquets"  or  "bouquets  garnis."  Three  herb 
make  an  herb  bouquet,  with  as  many  more  as  your  tas 
buds  dictate.  A  sprig  of  parsley,  a  sprig  of  thyme,  a 
of  bay  leaf  .  .  .  those  are  classic    Add  some  savory,  i 
you  wish,  or  some  chives,  or  celery  leaves,  or  marjora 
Bunch  the  herbs  together,  tucking  the  bay  leaf  in  the  mid 
die,   and   tie   it   all    securely   with   white  thread.     If   itr 
dried   herbs   you're   using,   tie  them   in   little  cheeseclotl 
bags,  and  dunk  them  as  you  would  a  tea  bag.  Herb  bouque 
are  a  must  for  soups  and  gravies  and  many  sauces,  an 
they  do  kind  things  for  roasts  and  stews  and  casserol 
dishes.  Best  add  them  the  last  half  hour  of  cooking,  thoug' 
lest  they  impart  a  bitterness  to  your  masterpiece. 

"Season  to  taste"  makes  better  sense  than  domestic 
ence  text  books  will  admit,  particularly  when  it  comes 
the  use  of  herbs.    Some  are  fresh,  some  dried  ...  the 
strength  is  vastly  different.    Some  are  old,  some  are  new 

.  .  there,  again,  is  flavor  variation.  Some  are  Cali- 
fornian,  some  are  not  .  .  .  and  what  a  difference  there  !l 
California  herbs  are  extra  potent,  so  when  you  use  herb! 
recipes,  even  these,  taste  and  let  your  palate  be  your  guide.  I 


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RAGOUT  OF  RABBIT 

Mince  six  slices  of  bacon  and  cook  them  just 
enough  to  make  them  transparent.  Put  them 
in  an  earthenware  casserole  with  two  thinly  sliced 
onions,  a  quarter  of  a  cup  of  oil,  a  sliced  carrot, 
a  sliced  stalk  of  celery,  and  an  herb  bouquet  (make  this 
one  with  marjoram  and  rosemary,  as  well  as  the  inevitable 
parsley  and  bay).  Have  your  rabbit  disjointed,  put  it 
in  a  paper  bag  with  a  half  cup  of  flour,  a  half  teaspoonful 
of  salt,  and  a  few  twists  of  that  pepper  mill.  Close  the  bag 
and  shake  energetically.  Then  put  the  well-floured  rabbit 
in  the  casserole,  add  a  cup  of  red  wine,  cover  tightly,  and 
cook  until  the  meat  is  tender  in  a  moderate  oven  (350°). 
Pour  off  the  sauce,  add  to  it  a  tablespoon  of  currant  jelly, 
a  speck  of  cayenne,  a  squeeze  of  lemon  juice,  and  more 
salt  if  necessary.  Fold  in  a  half  cup  of  sour  cream,  reheat, 
then  pour  the  sauce  back  over  the  rabbit,  and  sprinkle  it 
gaily  with  minced  parsley.  And  did  you  notice  that  this 
recipe  bears  a  startling  resemblance  to  that  one  of  Apicius? 

CALIFORNIA  HERB  OLIVES 

Buy  a  quart  of  green  olives  in  bulk,  you'll  save 
your  pennies  that  way.  Cut  each  olive  to  the 
quick,  then  put  them  in  a  jar  with  a  cup  of  oil 
(olive  oil,  please!),  3  cloves  of  garlic,  peeled 
and  gently  crushed,  a  whole  chili  pepper,  a  sprig  of  rose- 
mary (or  l/2  teaspoonful  if  you  use  the  dried  leaves),  and 
the  same  amount  of  thyme.  Let  the  olives  stay  in  their 
unctuous  bath  for  a  week,  then  remove  the  garlic  and  keep 
them  tightly  covered  until  the  time  comes  when  you  can 
bear  sharing  them.  Or  eat  them  all  yourself  and  buy  some 
for  your  friends  at  a  fancy  grocery  store.  They'll  cost  you 
more  and  won't  be  as  good,  but  it  will  ease  your  conscience. 
Another  thing:  don't  let  any  of  that  spiced  oil  get  away. 
It's  perfect  for  French  dressing.  Mix  one  part  of  vinegar 
with  three  parts  of  the  oil,  and  add  salt  and  a  grinding  or 
two  of  black  pepper.  Better  share  this  one,  too. 

GREEN  GODDESS  DRESSING 

To  one  cup  of  mayonnaise  add  a  half  cup  of  sour 
cream,  a  quarter  cup  of  tarragon  vinegar,  a  table- 
spoon of  chopped  chives,  and  a  quarter  cup  of 
minced  parsley.  Now  add  a  teaspoonful  of  fresh 
tarragon,  or  a  half  teaspoonful  of  the  dried  kind  that  has 
been  rehydrated  by  putting  it  in  a  strainer  and  pouring  hot 
water  over  it.  Mix  this  well  and  put  it  in  the  refrigerator 
for  a  few  hours  so  that  the  ingredients  will  exchange 
flavors.  Serve  it  with  greens,  preferably  romaine.  This 
dressing  was  named  after  William  Archer's  play,  "The 
Green  Goddess,"  and  was  created  in  honor  of  George  Arliss, 
by  the  chef  of  the  famous  Palace  Hotel  in  San  Francisco. 


The  occasion  was  the  opening  night  of  the  play  in  which 
Arliss  starred.  Since  then  the  recipe  has  had  many  lib- 
erties taken  with  it,  and  it's  quite  possible  that  its  creator 
might  not  recognize  this  version.  But  then  it's  a  wise  chef 
who  knows  his  own  child. 

HERB  SAUCE  FOR  VEGETABLES 

Melt  a  quarter  cup  of  butter  and  add  to  it  two 
tablespoons  of  olive  oil,  the  juice  and  grated  rind 
of  half  a  lemon,  a  tablespoon  of  minced  chives 
and  a  tablespoonful  each  of  minced  thyme  and 
parsley.  Mix  this  well,  heat,  and  dress  your  vegetables  with 
it  .  .  .  lavishly.  I  like  it  best  on  tiny  new  potatoes,  and 
it  improves  carrots  .  .  .  makes  them  actually  exciting.  As- 
paragus and  string  beans  love  it,  too. 

CREAM  OF  HERB  SOUP 

Save  the  outside  leaves  of  any  salad  greens — 
lettuce,  romaine,  chicory,  cress,  spinach,  endive 
or  whatever.  Wash  them  carefully,  then 
shred  them  carefully  (this  is  one  time  it's 
not  a  culinary  crime  to  use  a  knife  on  greens!).  Put 
two  cups  of  the  shredded  greens  in  a  covered  pot  along 
with  the  water  that  is  still  clinging  to  their  leaves, 
and  three  tablespoons  of  butter.  When  they  look  very 
sad  and  wilted,  add  three  cups  of  consomme  (use 
bouillon  cubes  if  you  wish),  a  teaspoonful  of  sweet  basil, 
ditto  of  savory,  two  teaspoons  of  parsley,  all  minced  (if 
dried  herbs  are  used,  cut  the  amount  in  half).  Add  a  small 
chopped  onion  or  a  half  teaspoonful  of  onion  powder,  and 
let  the  whole  simmer  quietly  for  15  minutes.  Beat  two  egg 
yolks  but  slightly,  and  add  to  them  a  half  cup  of  whipping 
cream.  Add  a  little  of  the  hot  soup  to  the  cream-egg  mix- 
ture very  gradually,  then,  in  turn,  add  that  cream-egg-soup 
mixture  to  the  remainder  of  the  soup,  whisking  away  at  it 
during  the  addition.  Strain  the  soup  ...  or  don't  strain  it 
if  that's  what  you  want  .  .  .  and  serve  it  with  crisp 
croutons. 

There  are  multitudinous  rules  for  the  use  of  herbs,  many 
of  them  of  no  account.  But  some  are  useful.  Basil,  for  in- 
stance, is  particularly  well  suited  to  tomatoes,  and  a  suspi- 
cion of  it  added  to  tomato  juice  or  soup  or  sauce  will  give 
you  real  gastronomical  pleasure.  Marjoram  is  good  in  al- 
most anything,  and  if  I  could  choose  but  one  herb  I  think 
this  would  be  it.  Try  it  with  roast  pork  or  with  sauteed 
mushrooms!  Oregano  .  .  .  ah,  there's  an  herb  dear  to  the 
heart  of  the  Californian.  It's  at  its  best  with  Mexican 
dishes,  but  try  it,  too,  in  spaghetti  sauce,  or  in  meat  loaf. 
Rosemary  and  lamb  mingle  well,  and  few  Frenchmen 
would  think  of  cooking  without  a  bit  of  this  herb.  Know 
these  basic  seasoning  tricks  and  your  meals  will  have  p 
touch  of  genius. 

What's  your  culinary  I.  Q.? 


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IOTOGRAPHED  BY  LA 


DDV  VFRNi 


FLOWER  FRESH  AND  TUBBABLE, 


THESE  ARE  HARDY  PERENNIALS 


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they   like  the  sun 


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PHOTOGRAPHED  By  LARRy  VERNON 


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..a  californian  pioneered 
and   nurtured  the  gardenia 


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and  glorification  of 

today's  smart  woman 


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A  he  dramatic  rise  of  the  gardenia  as  the  "Leading  Lady  of  the  Corsage'' 
is  entirely  logical.  Her  velvety  moondream  beauty  has  Old  World  lovesome- 
ness.  Her  tropical-night  scent  is  the  warm  breath  of  romance.  As  the  saying 
goes  in  Hollywood:  "She's  star  material." 

Like  many  a  movie  queen,  however,  the  gardenia  had  an  unpretentious 
beginning.  As  a  single-petaled  native  of  the  Orient  it  was  her  unforgettable 
fragrance  that  first  encouraged  floriculturists  to  develop  her  into  the  double- 
blossomed  "Chinesque"  beauty  she  is.  Fifty  years  ago,  with  the  exception  of 
humid  sections  in  the  South,  the  gardenia  was  a  rarity  grown  only  in  con- 1 
servatories.  Her  tremendous  popularity  today,  her  millions  of  fans  over  the  ' 
world,  are  a  typical  American  success  story. 

It  begins  in   1851  when  a  young  Scotchman,  David  McLellan,  following] 
a  dream  of  gold,  left  Massachusetts  with  his  bride  to  travel  by  sailing  ship  i 
to  California   .   .   .  there  he  hoped  to  "pick  up  a  fortune  on  the  fabulous 
streets  of  San  Francisco."    But  San  Francisco  had  outgrown  the  hurly-burly 
era  of  tents  and   packing  boxes.    It  had  become  a   prosperous  and  world- 
celebrated  city  with  wood-paved   streets  and   buildings  of  brick  and  stone,  i 
After  a  disappointing  trek  to  the  Mother  Lode  country,  David  gave  up  the 
dream  and  faced  reality.    He  opened  a  fruit  and  vegetable  stand  in  what  is 
now    the   heart    of   San    Francisco.     Later    he    went   to    ranching    down    the 
Peninsula. 

Of  his  twelve  children,  his  son  Edgar  eventually  reversed  history.  He, 
too,  had  a  dream.  His  dream  was  not  of  a  pot  of  gold  at  the  end  of  a  rain- 
bow. It  was  of  flowers.  And  it  is  entirely  conceivable  that  because  an 
eleven-year-old  farm  boy  wanted  to  grow  flowers  instead  of  milking  cows, 
today  San  Francisco  bows  only  to  London's  Covent  Gardens  for  world  leader- 
ship in  cut  flower  production.  Edgar  McLellan  experimented  with  hybrid 
plants.  He  visited  with  the  gardeners  on  the  great  Peninsula  estates  and 
they  told  him  their  secrets.  He  built  a  small  glass  house  to  protect  his  choice 
blooms   and   his  success  with   growing   things   was   phenomenal. 

San  Francisco  was  now  in  the  plush  era  ...  it  was  the  day  of  the  great 
bonanza  kings.  The  belles  and  swells  of  the  day  demanded  the  luxury  of 
flowers.  Edgar  saw  opportunity  and  seized  it.  He  gave  up  the  dairy  busi- 
ness and  turned  all  his  attention  to  flowers,  specializing  in  roses  and  heather. 
He  became  a  world  figure  in  floriculture,  and  a  warm  friend  of  John 
McLaren  who  built  the  world-famous  Golden  Gate  Park  on  shifting  sand 
dunes.  In  1895,  when  he  took  his  bride  to  New  York  on  their  honeymoon, 
roses  were  selling  for  $18  a  dozen,  orchids  for  $10  apiece,  violets  for  $2  a 
bunch,  the  gardenia  was  unknown  in  the  shops. 

Edgar  McLellan  discovered  the  gardenia  in  an  Eastern  conservatory  and 
was  drawn  to  its  cloud-wisp  beauty,  its  sultry  fragrance.  He  brought  twenty- 
three  cuttings  with  him  to  the  Coast  ...  a  modest  enough  beginning 
.  .  .  for  today  one  gardenia  house  at  the  McLellan  Colma  ranch  covers  four 
acres  and  is  the  largest  single  planting  of  gardenias  in  the  world.  And  it 
was  onlv  natural  that  in  San  Francisco,  gateway  to  the  tropics  and  the  Orient, 
the  gardenia  should  thrive.  The  cool  coastal  fogs  tempered  the  warm  Cali- 
fornia sunshine  to  give  the  bloom  stamina.  Edgar  astounded  the  flower  world. 
He  grew  gardenias  in  mass  quantity  twelve  months  of  the  year.  Semi- 
tropical,  the  gardenia  is  a  temperamental  beauty  rating  a  nursemaid  clad 
in  shorts  and  rubber  boots  who  gives  the  plant  its  bath  by  syringing  its 
shiny  green  leaves.  While  the  gardenia  likes  to  keep  a  cool  head,  she 
insists  her  feet  be  warm.  She  shrinks  from  the  touch  of  warm,  dry  hands, 
but  blooms  happily  if  her  toes  are  imbedded  in  peat.  An  average  cutting 
requires  a  bottom  heat  of  from  65°  to  70°  and  the  atmosphere  must  be 
humid  until  the  plant  takes  root.  Greenhouses  are  shaded  at  the  planting 
season,  but  the  shade  is  gradually  diminished.  Under  these  ideal  condi- 
tions the  plant  flowers  in  nine  months  and  grows  so  tall  that  platforms  are 
built  up  between  the  rows  for  the  convenience  of  the  workers.  But  the  life 
of  a  bush  is  usually  only  three  to  four  years,  after  which  the  plant  is  discarded 
and  a  steam  hose  used  for  sterilization  of  the  soil. 

The  gardenia  is  picked  without  leaves  and  carefully  laid  in  moist  flats; 
the  shiny  dark  leaves  are  picked  separately  by  the  "strippers."  All  four 
grades  of  gardenia — small,  medium,  large  and  special — come  from  the  same 
bush:  the  smaller  ones  grow  at  the  bottom,  the  specials  usually  at  the  top. 
After  being  picked,  they  are  sprayed  generously  with  water  and  cooled  in  a 
refrigerator  before  being  sent  to  the  tailoring  room. 

To"  a  visitor,  the  tailoring  room,  with  its  thousands  of  waxy  blooms  per- 


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fuming  the  air,  is  a  corner  of  heaven.  The  fact  that  a  tailorette  soon  loses 
her  sense  of  smell,  insofar  as  the  gardenia  is  concerned,  seems  regrettable 
indeed.  The  tailoring  idea  was  born  when  Mrs.  Wake  McLellan  sewed  green 
leaves  to  the  white  blossoms.  This  eliminated  the  old-style  metal  staples,  the 
fussiness  of  fern,  tinfoil  and  ribbon  ...  it  altered  the  gardenia's  personality 
and  popularized  it.  By  intensifying  the  flower's  classic  simplicity,  tailoring 
has  enhanced  its  sophistication.  On  specially  patented  machines,  the  stiff, 
shiny  leaves  are  sewn  to  a  green  cardboard  collar,  two  operators  at  each 
machine  turning  out  about  nine  thousand  collars  per  hour. 

A  tailorette  requires  tbout  three  months  to  become  expert  in  the  art.  With 
quick,  moist  fingers,  she  removes  the  calyx  from  the  gardenia,  completes 
the  opening  of  the  bud,  slips  the  necklace  of  green  leaves  about  the  flower's 
throat  and  inserts  a  rust-resisting  wire  stem,  which  she  then  deftly  wraps 
with  green  paper.  Meanwhile  her  eye  has  meas- 
ured the  flower  for  grade.  The  entire  operation 
has  taken  but  half  a  minute.  The  flower  now 
seems  much  larger.  Its  lambent  beauty  has  been 
given  a  stage  setting,  and  the  perfection  of  its 
line  has   been   dramatically   highlighted. 

So  there  will  be  no  touching  of  petals  or  leaves, 
each  bloom  is  secured  in  her  own  private  com- 
partment, a  cotton  muffler  is  cuddled  about  her 
throat  and  she  is  snugly  strapped.  The  blooms 
then  are  given  a  strong  spray  of  cold  water  and 
immediately  the  open-topped  box  is  encased  in 
cellophane  and  heat-sealed.  Six  dewey-eyed  brides 
peeping  through  a  picture  window  are  about  to 
set   forth    on    their   journey. 

If  they  travel  deluxe,  via  air  express  or  char- 
tered plane,  it  is  possible  that  a  gardenia  picked 
in  California  early  this  morning  will  be  at  the 
Stork  Club  tonight  for  late  supper.  If  they  go 
via  refrigerator  car,  it  may  be  seven  to  nine  days 
before  some  lucky  bride  walks  in  the  aura  of  their  romantic  fragrance  in 
Chicago,  Boston  or  Philadelphia.  But  in  either  case,  the  gardenia  will  arrive 
fresh,  bright,  and  with  every  petal  in  place. 

Two  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  of  them  are  shipped  each  month  by  the 
McLellans,  but  the  atmosphere  of  the  ranch  is  not  one  of  impersonal,  hurried 
business.  Flowers  are  a  friendly  commodity.  Rod  McLellan,  who  tackles 
the  scientific  problems  at  the  nursery  while  his  brother,  Wake,  handles 
the  business  end  from  his  office  in  San  Francisco,  tells  you: 

"We  have  no  employees.    There  are  two  hundred  of  us  working  together." 

This  might  easily  explain  why  many  a  valuable  idea  regarding  the  cul- 
tivating, packing  and  handling  of  gardenias  has  come  from  workers  on 
the  ranch  through  the  "Suggestion  Box."  One  of  the  "McLellogang,"  as 
the  workers  call  themselves,  might  be  paid  a  bonus  for  selecting  a  perfect- 
growing  ivy,  or  for  the  idea  of  an  automatic  counter  on  the  collar  machines. 
Every  workable  idea  is  given  consideration  and  tried  out. 

Wake  McLellan  dislikes  the  tag  "Gardenia  King  of  the  World,"  but  it 
sticks,  no  doubt  due  to  the  pioneer  spirit  of  the  McLellan  clan.  Forty  gar- 
denia growers  in  the  San  Francisco  Bay  area  last  year  cut  millions  of  gar- 
denias .  .  .  half  came  from  the  one  hundred  thousand  plants  on  the  McLellan 
ranches  at  Colma  and  Mt.  Eden. 

One  of  San  Francisco's  colorful  street-corner  flower  vendors  says  be  sells 
ten  gardenias  to  one  corsage  of  any  other  type.  A  Grant  Avenue  florist 
believes  his  tremendous  sale  is  due  to  the  fact  that  the  gardenia  is  informal 
enough  to  be  worn  any  time  of  day;  it  is  available  the  year  round  and  it 
is  priced  within  reason.  To  be  on  the  safe  side,  a  man  often  chooses .  a 
gardenia  corsage  because  the  white  blooms  will  complement  whatever  color 
the  "object  of  his  affections"  might  choose  to  wear. 

But  whatever  the  reasons  for  the  gardenia's  immense  popularity,  it  has 
been  a  tremendous  factor  in  bringing  the  flower  industry  into  the  big 
business  class  in  California.  One  wonders  what  Edgar  McLellan  would  say 
if  he  could  see  the  big  airliners  take  off  from  San  Francisco  airport  with 
their  cargoes  of  flying  flowers  ...  all  because  he  followed  a  dream  of  fragrant 
beauty. 


Blooms  are  picked  with  careful  hands. 


They're   tailored,   graded  and   packed. 


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Yes,  the  John  Henry 
house  has  had  a 
change  of  face  .  .  . 
a  change  so  complete  we  might  better  describe  it  as  re- 
creation .  .  .  for  it  goes  deeper  than  the  new  coat  of  paint 
on  the  outside  ...  it  permeates  the  interior  with  vibrant, 
heart-warming  colors  and  a  decorative  motif  that  sets  the 
stage  for  an  enviable  program  of  California  living. 

It  isn't  often  that  we  can  cite  an  example  of  renovation 
on  such  a  magnificent  scale,  or  one  that  is  so  full  of  decora- 
tive ideas  we  could  utilize  in  bringing  any  modest  home 
closer  to  our  dream  cf  perfection. 

Like  many  others  in  this  decade,  the  Henrys  could  not 
find  just  the  house  they  wanted  .  .  .  but  they  found  an 
ideal  wooded  hillside  site  looking  down  on  the  Univer- 
sity of  California  at  Los  Angeles,  and  they  found  a  house 
of  vast  proportions  which  tempted  them  to  "do  things" 
about  it.  First  off,  they  minimized  the  unwanted  Mediter- 
ranean type  of  architecture  by  spreading  a  heavenly  shade 
of  azure  blue  right  up  to  and  including  the  tile  roof  .  .  . 
and  immediately  the  house  achieved  a  mystical  Shangri-La 
beauty  which  gave  it  personality,  suggested  its  colorful 
theme. 

"Then  we  set  a  color  pattern  for  the  interior,"  the  lady 
of  the  house  explained,  and  proceeded  to  show  how  she 
brought  the  colors  of  the  garden  inside.  We  had  more 
than  a  suspicion  that  the  clear  yellow,  the  soft  green,  the 
bright  red  and  chartreuse  were  chosen  deliberately  to  pro- 
vide the  most  complimentary  background  for  a  clever  hostess 
.    .   .   really  the  first  lesson   in  successful   decoration. 

The  inviting  hall  with  its  winding  stairway  is  done  in  an 
exciting,  but  neutral  tone  of  Williamsburg  green,  perfect 
basic  shade  for  the  cheery  colors  in  rooms  to  which  it 
leads.  Straight  ahead  is  a  tremendous  high-ceilinged  liv- 
ing room  with  palest  yellow  walls  and  a  white  shag  carpet 
.  .  .  the  background  for  the  out-size  custom-made  furni- 
ture Martin  Grass  designed  in  proportion  to  the  room. 
Stron<*  tones  of  the  red-green-chartreuse  color  scheme  are 
used  effectively,  with  flowered  drapes  to  contrast  with  solid 
upholstery  colors.  Contrast  is  evident,  too,  in  the  use  of 
massive   Victorian   heirlcoms   in   this   modern   setting,    while 

the  ingenious  Mrs.  Henry  has  add- 
ed personal  decorative  touches  in 
amusing  mantel  figures  which  she 
unearthed  in  wayside  shops  .  .  . 
and  for  which  she  found  dupli- 
cates for  effective  lamps.  Framed 
plates  are  hung  over  a  breakfront 
cabinet,  carrying  the  household 
"motif."  her  favorite  yellow  rose. 
The  room  is  colorful  as  all  out- 
doors. Indeed,  a  fifteen-foot  window  (see  photograph,  left 
.  .  .  so  high  it  is  almost  square)  frames  a  beautiful  garden 
view,  and  has  its  own  full-length  copper  plant  container 
in  which  are  exotic  and  seasonal  blooms.  Here.  Mrs.  Henry 
sets  poinsettias  for  Christmas,  lilies  for  Easter  and  other 
appropriate  and   conversational    flowers. 


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a  bright  idea 


•  SEAT  REPLACES   UNUSED  BEDROOM   BALCONY      t  SECOND    BEDROOM   ALL   RUFFLES    AND    ROSES 


•  DINING   ROOM    CHANGES  TO   STRIPES 


Opening  from  this  room  is  a  den  with  deep-piled  rug  of 
chartreuse,  the  red  and  green  motif  carried  to  new  heights 
over  the  high,  high  windows  ...  a  clever  deception,  in- 
cidentally, for  the  valance-length  curtains  conceal  an  unat- 
tractive arched  window  frame  and  also  leave  two-thirds  of 
the  window  open  to  the  view  beyond.  Mellow  old  pine  fur- 
niture and  a  magnificent  brick  fireplace  with  newly  raised 
hearth  are  Henry  innovations.  A  similarly  sized  room  ad- 
joining is  library  and  bar  all  in  one  .  .  .  books  lining  one 
wall  next  a  deep-seated  bav  window,  a  decorative  bar  set 
up  in  the  opposite  corner.  Here  the  important  decorator 
feature  is  the  wallpaper  ...  on  the  ceiling! 

Again  taking  its  cue  from  the  basic  green  hallway,  the 
dining  room  makes  real  issue  of  the  red-and-green  color 
scheme  with  a  gay  floral  pattern  in  primary  shades,  high- 
lights slip-on  backs  and  seat  covers  for  antique  chairs  in 
red  and  white  stripe  decorator  satin.  A  modern  touch,  and 
practical.  The  same  lighthearted  feeling  in  color  permeates 
the  sunny  breakfast  room  and  the  old-fashioned  kitchen, 
made  more  interesting  bv  a  cleverly  constructed  "apron" 
over  the  stove,  by  a  folksy  arrangement  of  a  big  pine  table 
which    usually    is    the    magnet    for    midnight    snack-seekers. 

Upstairs  Mrs.  Henry  used  pale  yellow  and  gray  in  a  mas- 
ter bedroom  of  dramatic  proportions,  with  focal  interest 
divided  between  the  outsize  bed  ...  set  into  a  frame  of 
cornice  and  casement  curtains  simulating  a  window  (deco- 
rator note!)  .  .  .  and  the  recessed  window  which  was  ex- 
panded to  utilize  an  impractical   balcony.   Another  Martin 


Grass  custom  davenport,  in  gray  corduroy,  uses  the  space 
advantageously.  Here.  too.  ceiling  wallpaper  is  exciting, 
contrasting  with  the  chaste  gray  tones  of  rug  and  quilted 
taffeta  bed  coverlet.  Rare  antiques  are  more  noticeable 
against  the  modern  look   of  this  room. 

Going  wholly  feminine,  the  second  bedroom  has  a  cano- 
pied bed  ...  all  ruffles  and  roses  .  .  .  yellow,  again  .  .  . 
while  the  third  has  been  turned  into  an  upstairs  sitting  room 
in  softly  muted  shades.  Analyzing  the  whole  transforma- 
tion, it  is  evident  that  this  house  has  become  the  perfect 
background  for  the  kind  of  life  the  Henrys  like  to  lead 
...  it  is  a  wonderful  hospitality  house,  colorful  and  in- 
viting. Imagine  it  as  background  for  holiday  entertaining,  the 
red  and  green  so  well  adapted  to  Christmas,  Valentine, 
patriotic  motifs! 

Significant,  too,  are  the  many  devices  by  which  Mrs. 
Henry  has  minimized  an  outmoded  or  unrelated  feature. 
For  instance,  the  two  student  lamps  she  had  wired  into  a 
double  hanging  fixture  for  the  hall,  one  light  to  service  the 
upstairs  and  the  lower  to  brighten  the  entrance  way  .  .  . 
the  swing  doors  that  conceal  the  toilet  in  the  downstairs 
powder  room  .  .  .  the  indoor  planting,  not  only  in  the  liv- 
ing room  window,  but  cleverly  placed  copper  planters  and 
brackets  around  a  hall  mirror,  and  philodendra  that  trail 
from  a  second  floor  container  into  the  same  entry  area. 

Throughout  the  accent  is  on  personality  and  the  spirit 
is  Californian.  You  can  adapt  some  of  these  ideas  to  your 
own  setting,  but  remember  to  keep  the  emphasis  on  you! 


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edecorate 


Iou  may  be  sure  Adrian  signed  it  sincerely  yours,  when 
he  put  his  inimitable  signature  to  a  new  spring-to-sum- 
mer collection  of  clothes  as  American  as  the  flag  over- 
head. 

At  a  time  when  so  many  designers  are  reaching  out 
for  more  and  more  yardage,  dropping  skirts  with  en- 
thusiastic abandon,  scurrying  hither  and  there  to  achieve 
merely  "change"  .  .  .  Adrian  remains  himself,  thor- 
oughly American  and  sure  of  the  inherent  good  taste 
of  the  women  whose  clothes  he  creates. 

In  his  many  years  of  designing  wardrobes  for  mo- 
tion picture  stars  and  fashion-right  women  from  all  over 
the  country,  this  authoritative  couturier  feels  he  has  dis- 
covered certain  inalienable  truths  about  clothes,  refuses 
to  be  diverted  from  proven  fashion  principles. 

And  so  in  1947  Adrian  reaffirms  his  faith  in  the  more 
flattering  squared  shoulder,  not  projected  this  year  but 
still  sharply  Adrian  .  .  .  reaffirms  his  preference  for  the 
slim  silhouette  in  street  and  afternoon  clothes,  even  many 
suave  evening  gowns  .  .  .  shows  clothes  at  no  arbitrary 
length,  his  only  rule  being  a  by-eye 
guide  to  create  a  "pretty"  appearance. 
Making  a  staunch  stand  for  the  right 
to  be  individual,  free  of  dictatorial 
fashion  mandates,  this  famous  Ameri- 
can designer  is  convinced  that  women 
should  wear  what  interests  them,  what 
is  comfortable  and  right  for  the  things 
they  do. 

By   helping   American   women   main- 


signec 


tain  and  emphasize  their  own  identity,  Adrian  does  this 
country  great  credit.  He  refuses  to  be  influenced  by  the 
superficial,  to  translate  foreign  dogmas  into  our  free- 
dom fashions. 

"The  only  reason  for  drastic  change  in  clothes  is  .  .  . 
change  in  the  way  of  living.  If  suddenly  we  have  rocket 
ships,  we'll  dress  for  them  just  as  we  have  dressed  for 


V 


horse-and-buggy  travel,  the  train,  motoring,  trans- 
continental air  travel." 

So  says  Adrian,  and  the  conclusion  is  obvious: 
in  this  high-speed  era  we  can  expect  anything! 
Unmotivated    change    implies    insecurity,    is    not 
good    theatre.     But   there   is   a    real    challenge   in 
creating  new  fashions  right  for  the  times! 

True  to  his  own  edict,  the  new  Adrian  collection 
is  noteworthy  for  its  dateless  perfection,  its  total 
lack  of  restraint  .  .  .  there  is  comfort  in  easy,  flow- 
ing lines  .  .  .  grace  in  soft  drapes,  faint  peplums, 
tiers  .  .  .  freedom  in  versatility. 

Sleeves  are  style  notes  of  importance:  lightweight  wool 
suits  have  short  capelet  sleeves  (concession  to  combina- 
tion of  warm  weather,  insistence  on  wool)  ...  a  full 
length  cape  sleeve  is  slashed  from  shoulder  to  wrist  to 
reveal  striped  chiffon  undersleeve  .  .  .  the  broken-cuff 
treatment  creates  the  clean  cut  and  sharp  silhouette 
Adrian  loves,  this  time  in  a  suave  elbow  flare  .  .  .  sleeves 
are  easy,  some  brief  ones  falling  free  from  the  shoulder 
to  a  simulated  cape  effect,  some  kimono-like,  long  and 
neither  cuffed  nor  fitted. 

Again  pleading  for  individuality,  Adrian  stresses  no 
seasonal  color,  although  burned  coffee,  navy  blue,  black 
are  popular  ...  a  few  prints  for  afternoon,  and  hand- 
painted  crepes  for  evening.  Here  let  it  be  said  that 
Adrian  refuses  to  admit  certain  colors  are  tabu  for  titian 
beauties,  blondes,  or  brunettes. 

Perhaps  the  most  exciting  highlights  of  this  early 
showing  are  .   .   .  summer  suit  in  creamy  beige,   upon 


skirt,  reaching  almost  to  your  toes. 

With  characteristic  romanticism,  Adrian  introduces 
the  whispering  taffeta-with-crepe  gown  sketched  on 
the  opposite  page,  its  stiff  folds  sweeping  to  one  side 
and  framing  a  decor  of  dusty  pink  cabbage  roses, 
buds.  Third  from  the  collection  to  be  presented  on 
these  pages  is  the  Adrian  suit,  its  original  broken-cuff 
treatment  a  style  note  of  importance.  Of  deepest 
navy  doeskin,  it  is  pencil-slim  and  dashing,  with  the 
modified-but-square  shoulder. 

In  final  analysis,  this  new  collection  marks  a  decisive 
stand  for  the  "American  look"  in  designing:  Adrian  has 
underscored  the  classic,  the  casual,  the  individual.  He 
has  dared  to  stand  on  his  own  two  feet  in  defense  of 
American  originality,  rather  than  revert  to  a  pattern  or 
dogma   of   any   other   day,   any   other   land. 

Drawing  his  inspiration  from  people,  travel,  research, 
fabric,  color,  pure  design  or  whatever  .  .  .  Adrian  always 
has  foremost  in  his  mind,  the  woman.  How  will  she  look 
in  a  gown,  how  will  she  enjoy  it,  how  will  it  help  her 
to  fulfill  her  proper  role  in  life  today? 


Dy 


Qd 


r  i  a 


which  star-shaped  patches  of  brown-white-black  checks 
are  appliqued;  quilted  evening  gown  (both  of  early 
Colonial  inspiration).  Another  masterpiece  of  old 
Americana  is  sketched  above,  right:  "George  Washing- 
ton Reviews  his  Troops"  ...  a  delightful  and  con- 
versational gray  crepe  evening  gown  with  hand-painted 
motif  in  glowing  color.  Note  long  torso,  extremely  slim 


sin*,  <Uu*XT 


shortens  height 


adds  height 


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'  HIJI ' 


Equal-division  lends 
shorten.  Domi- 
nating interest  hori- 
zontal. 


Shortens  more  forci- 
bly because  interest 
is  riveted  to  the  cen- 
ter. 


Adds  height  because 
dominant  space  is 
vertical.  Eyes  go  up 
and  down  instead 
of    across. 


-- uiiiiji 


orizonta 


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the  fourth   in 


series 


of  articles 


on   dressing   by  design 
by  florence  shuman 


#  Ordinarily,  most  of  us  think  of  horizontal  lines  as  cut- 
ting the  figure  and,  therefore,  shortening  it.  Sometimes 
they  do.  But  properly  placed,  they  can  lengthen  and  slim 
the  figure,  too! 

In  the  accompanying  diagrams  I  have  taken  six  rec- 
tangles, all  of  the  same  size,  and  have  divided  them 
horizontally  in  different  ways.  Below  each  rectangle  is 
a  figure  showing  the  same  horizontal  divisions  applied  to 
fashions.  Despite  any  optical  illusion,  the  figures  are  all 
the  same  height  and  the  dresses  are  all  the  same  length. 

The  first  shows  the  jacket  dividing  the  figure  in  half, 
just  as  the  line  in  the  diagram.  This  carries  our  eyes  across 
the  center  and  tends  to  shorten  the  figure.  The  second 
rectangle  rivets  attention  on  the  middle.  In  this  figure  the 
concentration  of  attention  has  been  created  by  the  use 
of  fur,  again  tending  to  shorten  the  figure.  The  third 
diagram  creates  an  illusion  of  length,  because  the  un- 





adds  height 


vj  despite  optical  illusion 
same  size  rectangles 
used     in     all     examples 


orders      ac- 

Adds   height   because 

Adds     height    be- 

h. Tends   to 

gradual      change      in 

cause       i  ncreasec 

because      it 

weight    of    the    lines 

spacing     between 

carries    our 

going   across   sets   up 

horizontal    lines    sets 

oss    but    re- 

a  rhythm  which  leads 

up      a      rhythm      tha 

lem    to     the 

us  to  the  borders  and 

carries    our    eyes     up 

beyond  into  space. 

and  down. 

equal  division  carries  the  eyes  down  before  carrying  them 
across.  Two  outfits  illustrate  this  principle,  in  reverse  order, 
first  up,  then  down.  The  heavy  borders  in  the  fourth  rec- 
tangle accentuate  the  width.  In  the  illustration  this  empha- 
sis tends  to  bring  the  shoulders  and  hem  closer  together, 
thus  cutting  the  figure's  height.  In  the  fifth  rectangle,  the 
gradual  change  in  the  weight  of  the  lines  at  both  ends 
sets  up  a  rhythm  which  leads  our  eyes  to  the  borders  of 
the  rectangle  and  beyond  into  space.  This  trick  when 
applied  to  the  figure,  adds  height.  In  spite  of  the  fact 
that  the  lines  in  the  sixth  rectangle  are  horizontal,  the 
increased  spacing  between  them  sets  up  a  rhythm  that 
tends  to  increase  the  feeling  of  height.  The  colored  bands 
on  the  figure,  spaced  increasingly  far  apart,  carry  our 
eyes  up  and  down  in  spite  of  the  obvious  horizontal 
interest. 

The  clothes  in  the  examples  may  go  out  of  fashion,  but 


the  principles  for  dividing  space  horizontally  always  will 
be  the  same.  Thus,  what  you  must  consider  always  when 
deciding  whether  to  wear  a  contrasting  belt,  or  change 
the  length  of  a  peplum  is:  What  will  it  do  in  relation  to 
my  figure?  What  will  the  change  do  in  relation  to  the 
other  lines  in  this  outfit  that  already  go  across?  Will  it 
make  me  look  taller  or  shorter,  broader  or  slimmer?  Con- 
trasts of  texture,  such  as  shiny  satin  on  dull-surfaced  wool, 
or  contrasts  of  color,  will  increase  the  weight  of  a  hori- 
zontal interest  still  further. 

If  you  are  trying  to  add  height,  diagrams  3,  5  and  6 
can  be  the  cue  to  the  most  flattering  divisions,  either  on 
your  entire  figure,  your  blouse  if  you  are  short-waisted, 
or  your  skirt  if  you  are  long-waisted.  The  other  examples 
can  be  used  to  shorten  or  broaden  a  tall,  lanky  figure. 
It  would  be  wise,  also,  to  think  about  accessories  in  rela- 
tion to  your  figure.  You  may  discover  that  your  hat  or 
handbag  is  cancelling  the  effectiveness  of  your  outfit  by 
adding  strong  horizontals  that  send  the  eyes  across  in 
the  wrong  places. 

Now,  let's  apply  this  knowledge.  Take  a  dress  from 
your  own  wardrobe  that  has  been  troubling  you.  Draw 
in  the  main  lines,  shading  any  contrast  in  texture  or  color 
so  that  the  emphasis  is  the  same  in  your  sketch  as  on  the 
dress.  On  tracings  of  the  same  dress,  you  might  change 
the  belt  from  a  wide  contrasting  one,  to  a  narrow  match- 
ing one,  shorten  a  jacket,  set  up  a  contrasting  border, 
and  so  on. 

Don't  stop  with  one  dress!  Go  right  through  your  ward- 
robe with  these  principles  in  mind.  This  new  awareness 
will  make  you  surer  of  your  decisions,  and  what's  more, 
you  will  have  fun. 


mrS.     eMGen     de     I  CI     VegQ    is  a  member  of  one  of  California's  oldest 

FAMILIES,    IS   ACTIVE    IN   THE  LOS   ANGELES   SOCIAL   SERVICE   AUXILIARY,    LIKES 
SWIMMING   AND   MUSIC,     HERE   SHE   WEARS   A   HOWARD    GREER   GOWN 
IN  HIS  OWN   -ISLAND  WARRIORS"  BLACK  AND  WHITE  SILK   PRINT. 

mrs.  bernard    giannini   right,  is  the  former  colleen  sword  . . . 

PHOTOGRAPHED  IN  THE  SUN-SPLASHED  PATIO  OF  HER  HOME  IN  BEVERLY  HILLS.  AN 
ACTIVE  YOUNG  MATRON,   SHE  CONFESSES  THAT  MAGIC  HOLDS  AN   IRRESISTIBLE 
FASCINATION    FOR   HER   .    .    .   TENNIS,    TOO.     HER   GOWN   BY  BILLY   GORDON    HAS   A 
WIDE,  SWEEPING  SKIRT,  AND  MATCHING  FABRIC  STOLE  TO  ACCENT  HER  BEAUTY. 
PHOTOGRAPHED  By  LARRy  VERNON 


<'/•*  t"'~ 


California 
nvites  you 


XVpril  is  the  month  of  flowers  in  California  .  .  .  from  the 
massed  elegance  of  lilies  at  Easter  services  to  the  blazing 
blue  and  gold  fields  of  poppies  and  lupines  and  the  desert's 
magic  carpet  of  blossoming  cacti.  It's  a  wonderful  month  in 
which  to  visit  the  Coast,  and  you'll  want  to  dress  in  keeping 
with  the   spring-in-the-air  brilliance   of   the  season. 

Of  course  you  never  travel  without  a  suit  .  .  .  but  make  it 
a  lightweight  wool.  Gabardine  or  flannel  in  a  spring  gray, 
beige  or  navy  will  give  you  something  to  dress  up  or  down. 
Perhaps  you'll  wear  it  Easter  morning  when  you  stroll  with 
other  paraders  down  Wilshire  Boulevard,  and  if  you  haven't 
a  perfectly  dazzling,  utterly  feminine  new  hat  for  the  occa- 
sion, plan  on  getting  one  in   California. 

On  the  other  hand,  if  you're  starting  Easter  at  a  Sunrise 
Service  in  any  one  of  a  dozen  or  more  California  hillside 
amphitheatres,  you'll  put  on  that  suit  over  a  sweater  and  a 
topcoat  on  top  of  that  ...  or  better  yet,  slacks  for  scrambling 
up  steps  in  semi-darkness.  Pre-dawn  can  be  plenty  cool.  And 
while  you're  here,  you'll  certainly  put  in  at  least  one  day 
motoring  to  *he  fields  of  wild  flowers  near  Bakersfield  or  on 
the  desert.    If  it's  the  former,  your  ride  and  picnic  call  for 


what  you'd  expect  .  .  .  sweater  and  skirt  or  slacks.  If  you 
prefer  inspecting  the  flaming  spears  of  ocotillo,  the  shining 
open  faces  of  desert  primroses,  the  galaxy  of  gold  and  red 
and  purple  exotic  blooms  near  Palm  Springs,  keep  in  mind 
that  summer  comes  early  to  the  desert  and  you'll  want  to  be 
able  to  bare  your  arms,  legs  and  possibly  your  back  in  a 
new  sundress.  A  playsuit  with  detachable  skirt  is  a  good 
choice  for  this  kind  of  outing  .  .  .  and  a  light  wrap  for  your 
return  to  the  city  in  the  coolness  after  the  sun  goes  down. 

So  far  .  .  .  this  wardrobe  .  .  .  suit,  topcoat,  slacks, 
sweaters,  blouses  and  at  least  one  play  ensemble  ...  so  good, 
It  will  see  you  through  the  other  activities  you'll  find  under 
the  California  sun:  tennis,  golf,  sun-bathing  and  perhaps  even 
swimming  ...  in  Southern  California  collegians  spend  Easter 
vacations  by  the  beautiful  sea.  Add  breeches,  jeans  or  jodhpur 
if   you're    planning   to    ride    .    .    .    nothing   formal. 

California's  cities  burst  into  a  swirl  of  social  activity  in 
the  post-Lenten  season,  so  if  you're  visiting  friends,  be  sun 
to  come  prepared  for  gaiety.  Bring  the  accessories  that  maki 
festive  your  suits  and  dresses  .  .  .  flowering  hats,  bright 
scarves,  the  feminine  touch  in  jewelry. 

For  city  sightseeing,  to  augment  that  indispensable  suit, 
tuck  in  a  lightweight  wool  or  rayon  gabardine.    And  spring 


WEATHER 

DATA    FOR 

APRIL 

Los  Angeles 

San  Francisc 

highest 

81 

82 

lowest 

43 

40 

cverage 

60.2 

55.7 

average 

total  rair 

fall 

1.05 

1.55 

AND    YOUR    SPRINGTIME 


TRAVEL  WARDROBE 


BLOSSOMS  WITH   NEW   IDEAS 


being  the  season  of  prints,  you'll  want  to  bring  a  couple  o: 
these  to  cover  a  multitude  of  social  occasions  from  fashioi 
show-luncheons  to  informal  dining  and  dancing.  You  probably 
can  get  by  without  evening  clothes  unless  you  have  son* 
specific  and  dressy  occasion  in  mind  ...  if  you  do,  choosi 
a  print,  or  a  clean,  clear  spring  color.  Leave  home  you: 
velvets  and  satins  and  sequins. 

For  that  matter,  leave  winter  behind.  Emphasize  spring 
colors  and  spring  gaiety  in  your  wardrobe.  Find  April  at  its 
flowering  best  in  California  .  .  .  and  you  ...  at  your  loveliest 


I 


GO  FOR  PEDAL  PUSHERS 

PEDAL  PUSHERS,  YOUNG  DARLING  OF  THE  SEASON,  RATE  COMPLIMENTS  ON  ALL  HANDS  .  .  . 

AS  HERE,  GABARDINE  VERSION  WITH  LARGE  FLANGE  POCKETS,  PRINT  JERSEY  TOP  WITH  EXTENDED 

CAP   SLEEVES.    AN   AGNES  BARRETT  DESIGN   IN   BRILLIANT  JERRY  ROSSMAN    FABRIC. 


PHOTOGRAPHED  BY  CHRISTA  STERN 


the  young  artist 


MANUEL  TOLEGIAN'S  "NUDE" 


THE  PROVOCATIVE  "NOSTALGIA" 


"STREET    IN    LOD1,"   AND    BELOW, 

"GOIN'  HOME,"  OWNED    BY  GEORGE  MARD1KIAN 


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•  It  was  a  fall  evening  in  San  Francisco  .  .  .  brisk  and 
starlit  .  .  .  typical  .  .  .  when  Paul  Michelson  wan- 
dered into  Gump's  Gallery  where  an  author  and  artist 
were  unpacking  paintings  for  an  exhibition.  Fresno- 
born  William  Saroyan  was  the  author,  Fresno-born  Man- 
uel Tolegian  the  artist.  As  they  talked  of  many  things, 
Michelson  listened  and  took  note: 

They'd  had  a  couple  of  drinks  at  the  party  George 
Mardikian  had  thrown  in  honor  of  the  opening  of  Tole- 
gian's  exhibition  and  a  couple  of  more  drinks  at  a  place 
that  Saroyan  knew  on  Turk  Street,  and  when  they  got 
to  Gump's  they  felt  all  right,  all  right.  They  went  up- 
stairs and  Tolegian  led  the  way  into  the  hidden  gallery 
where  they  took  the  hot  prospects  to  show  them  the  pic- 
tures for  private  previews. 

Saroyan  sat  down  on  the  couch  facing  the  easel  and 
said,  "How  long  has  it  been  since  your  last  show, 
Manuel?" 

Tolegian  took  off  his  coat  and  started  bringing  the 
pictures  out  of  the  packing  cases  and  setting  them  around 
the  room  with  their  faces  to  the  wall. 


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"It's  been  five  years,  Bill.  I'm  excited,  man.  Wait 
until  you  see  this  stuff." 

He  set  one  of  the  pictures  up  on  an  easel  and  Saroyan 
said  immediately,  "I  know  that  place,  Manuel.  It's  over 
near  Chico.    Right?" 

"That's  right,  Bill.  How  do  you  like  it?"  He  wiped 
a  little  dust  off  the  picture  with  his  handkerchief.  "Do 
you  get  that  green,  man?  That  isn't  green,  it's  yellow, 
but  that  little  spot  of  red  on  the  roof  makes  the  yellow 
look  green.    Hell,  the  light  is  lousy  here  for  tempera!" 

"No,  it  isn't  a  bad  light,  Manuel.  We  can  make  al- 
lowances for  the  light.  That's  a  fine  picture.  It  looks 
like  a  water-color.    What's  tempera?" 

Manuel  Tolegian  was  walking  around  the  room  in 
his  shirt  sleeves  and  couldn't  sit  still  while  Saroyan 
looked  at  his  work.  "Tempera  is  when  you  mix  trans- 
parent colors,  like  water  color,  with  gum,  making  the 
colors  opaque.  The  French  call  it  gouache,  Bill.  I  say 
gouache  tempera  most  of  the  time  so  they  won't  think 
I've  gon«  artistic." 

"It's  a  very  good  picture,  Manuel.  Show  us  some 
more." 

Manuel  brought  out  a  picture  with  a  circular,  red 
farm  storage  tank  set  against  the  green  hills  ...  or 
yellow  hills  that  looked  green  next  to  the  red  storage 
tank.  "See  this  one,  Bill?  My  father  used  to  build 
tanks  like  that  over  near  Fresno.  I  like  this  picture, 
Bill.    What  do  you  think?" 

"I  like  it  very  much,  Manuel.  How  much  is  that  pic- 
ture?" 

"Three  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  for  the  temperas. 
I've  got  to  get  that,  man.  I  did  eight  temperas  over 
a  year  and  a  half.  That  means  I'll  get  about  a  hundred 
and  fifty  a  month  for  that  time.  Not  counting  expenses 
.  .  .  they're  awfully  high  now  .  .  ."  He  put  the  tempera 
paintings  away.  "Now  I'll  show  you  the  oils.  Tempera's 
nice,  but  the  oils  are  richer.  Tempera's  like  playing 
the  piano  all  in  one  octave,  while  with  oil  you've  got 
all  shadings  from  the  deepest  to  the  lightest.  But  there 
are  some  things  you've  got  to  do  with  tempera." 

He  brought  out  a  painting  of  a  bar  interior.  The  bar 
had  rough  hand-hewn  lumber  supports  holding  up  the 
ceiling  and  plain  board  tables  with  workmen  sitting  at 
the  tables  and  leaning  against  the  bar. 

"It  looks  like  you  really  enjoyed  working  on  this 
one,  Manuel,"  Saroyan  said.  "Maybe  the  others  were 
work  but  this  one  looks  like  you  enjoyed  it." 

"It's  a  bar  on  Main  Street  in  L.  A.  I  did  enjoy  work- 
ing on  it.  I  painted  it  in  the  early  morning  when  the 
customers  were  nice  and  tired.    It  took  a  long  time  to 


finish,  but  I  liked  working  on  it  because  it  was  a  quiet, 
tough  place.  Not  fighting  tough,  but  tough  like  a  work- 
ing man  is  tough." 

"Sure,  Manuel.    You  can  see  that." 

Tolegian  brought  out  several  landscapes,  finally  a 
seascape.  "I  don't  know  about  the  sea,"  he  said.  "I'm  not 
sure  of  it.  After  I  did  this  one,  I  went  back  to  look  at 
the  spot  again  to  make  sure."  He  looked  at  the  picture 
moodily  for  a  moment.  "Nobody  sees  those  gulls  in 
there,"  he  added,  angrily. 

"There  are  three  of  them,"  Saroyan  said.  "I  saw  the 
gulls  right  away." 

"Man,  you've  really  got  good  eyes.  Most  people 
think  the  damn  clouds  are  dirty,"  Tolegian  said,  molli- 
fied. "Now,  Bill,  I'm  going  to  show  you  a  picture  that 
I  really  love.  It's  the  picture  of  the  girl  playing  the 
lute  that  I  told  you  about.  I  really  love  the  lute  and 
this  girl  plays  it  beautifully  .  .  .  and  sings  beautifully, 
too." 

He  brought  out  the  picture  .  .  .  shown  on  these  pages. 
It  was  an  oil  of  a  girl  dressed  in  Armenian  costume 
and  playing  the  lute  with  a  man  sitting  on  the  bed  and 
listening  to  her.  "That  man,  Bill,  on  the  bed."  Tolegian 
said.  "Lots  of  people  say  isn't  that  your  friend  Saroyan 
sitting  on  the  bed,  listening?  Others  say  isn't  that  you, 
Tolegian,  sitting  on  the  bed  and  listening?  I  don't  say 
anything  when  they  say  that,  Bill.  Not  a  damn  word. 
Let  them  figure  out  who  it  is  if  they  want  to.  But  that 
girl  playing  the  lute,  she's  beautiful  and  the  way  she 
plays  .  .   .  arid  sings." 

Saroyan  looked  at  the  picture  quietly  for  a  while, 
then  said,  "Mardikian  will  buy  that  one  on  sight."  He 
looked  at  the  picture  a  little  longer.  "How  much  is 
that  one,  Manuel?" 

"Twelve  hundred  dollars,  Bill." 

"Is  that  a  solid  price,  Manuel?" 

"That's  the  most  solid  price  there  is,  man." 

"It  sounded  kind  of  unsolid.    Just  a  little  unsolid." 

"You'd  better  grab  that  one,  Bill.  Before  Mardikian 
sees  it." 

"Mardikian  will  take  it  right  away,  Manuel.  I  know 
he  will." 

"I  love  this  picture,  Bill.  You'd  better  take  it  before 
Mardikian  sees  it." 

Manuel  sat  down  on  a  coffee  table  beside  the  couch. 
"You  know,  Bill,  I've  had  a  few  drinks  now,  so  I  feel 
good.    It's  funny  how  I  can  look  at  these  pictures  now. 

(Continued  on  page  71) 


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THE     C  All  FORN  I  AN,     April,      1947 


DONNA  ATWOOD  is  one  of  25.000  good  figure 
skaters  in  the  United  States  .  .  .  good  enough 
to  be  crowned  National  Queen  of  the  figure 
skaters  and  to  have  held,  at  age  16,  the  United 
States  Junior  Women's  Single  Championships 
.  .  .  titles  never  before  won  by  a  Californian. 
Now  a  beauteous  21,  the  Hollywood  girl  stars 
in  Ice-Capades  of  1947,  the  lavish,  family- 
enjoyment  show  on  country-wide  tour.  Donna 
could  be  called  a  native  Californian  ...  as  na- 
tives go  .  .  .  having  moved  from  Newton,  Kan- 
sas, when  only  three.  But  she  didn't  put  down 
her  pencil  box  for  a  pair  of  double-runners  at 
the  age  of  five  or  six  as  children  from  the  colder 
climes  do.  Her  first  pair  of  skates  and  her  first 
experience  on  ice  came  at  13  .  .  .  just  two  years 
before  she  captured  her  first  Pacific  Coast 
award.  Three  years  later  she  won  the  junior 
national  and  the  same  year  shared 
with  Gene  Turner  the  title 


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of  United  States  Senior 
Pair  Champion.  Folks  are  wondering  .  .  . 
just  how  much  gooder  can  she  get? 


two  girls  from  California 


JEANNE  GODSHALL  .  .  .  California's  outdoor 
girl  ...  is  a  rodeo  trick  rider,  leading  an  excit- 
ing, barnstorming  life  that  was  a  prosaic  one 
just  a  few  years  ago  .  .  .  when  she  moved  her 
books  from  Ramona  Convent  to  a  sorority 
house  at  USC.  The  first  white  child  born  in 
Death  Valley,  California,  started  to  ride  at  four 
.  .  .  preferred  to  be  a  saddle  girl  rather  than 
a  sweater  girl  .  .  .  has  won  many  horsemanship 
contests,  beauty  contests,  and  has  learned  to  fly. 


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with  a  nutritious  diet 

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Q  Comes  Spring  to  California  .  .  .  you're  figure- 
conscious  .  .  .  and  without  a  backward  glance  at 
the  full-length  mirror,  you  know  whether  you 
have  that  prerequisite  to  the  fullest  enjoyment 
of  California  living  ...  a  figure  that  shapes  as 
well  in  peek-a-boo  play  clothes  as  it  does  with 
opera  fare. 

In  this  modern  age  of  beauty  and  body  care, 
there's  rarely  an  excuse  for  flabbiness  or  retort 
for  obesity.  If  you're  getting  more  than  your 
penny's  worth  every  time  you  step  on  the  scales, 
plan  a  good  figure  control  program  that  will 
trim  your  lines  down  to  smooth,  firm  curves  and, 
incidentally,  also  do  more  for  your  morale  than 
you'd  ever  believe.  Extra  weight  adds  years  to 
a  woman's  appearance,  and  after  forty,  unneces- 
sary avoirdupois  is  considered  dangerous  to 
health.  Why  wait  until  you're  in  danger  before 
going  to  work  on  the  waistlands?  If,  at  about 
twenty-five  years,  you  are  the  correct  weight  for 
your  height,  then  that's  the  poundage  you  should 
carry  proudly  through  the  years.  Your  figure  may 
change  a  little,  but  a  buoyant,  well-balanced  car- 
riage is  a  joy  forever. 


But  before  you  start  any  plan  designed  to  slice 
off  poundage,  be  sure  to  talk  it  over  with  your 
family  physician.  He  will  tell  you  that  weight  is 
determined  by  your  work  and  relaxation,  the 
amount  you  exercise,  and  the  food  you  consume. 
Knowing  your  special  problems  will  permit  him 
to  answer  your  individual  need.  If  it's  your  thy- 
roid or  pituitary  glands  refusing  to  do  their 
normally  intended  work,  then  a  starvation  diet 
won't  make  you  lose  one  ounce  .  .  .  and  exercise 
won't  help.  If  you  are  a  perfectly  healthy  indi- 
vidual with  an  inclination  to  specialized  areas  of 
overweight,  such  as  the  hips  or  a  tummy-roll, 
then  procure  exercises  designed  for  slimming 
down  these  spots.  You  can  do  a  very  neat  job 
at  home  with  a  little  persistence. 
The  simplest  and  best  exercise  known  is  still 
done  with  the  520  muscles  used  in  human  loco- 
motion. And  since  forty-three  percent  of  the 
weight  of  the  body  is  muscle,  you  can  do  a  lot  of 
shaking  down  and  tightening  up  in  a  few  brisk 
turns  around  the  block  after  dinner.  It  gets  to  be 
a  wonderful  habit. 

If  it's  easier  for  you  to  keep  appointments  at 


by  Edna  Charlton 


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THE    SEVEN-DAY    DIET 


HAVE 

A  GOOD 

BREAKFAST 

Fruit 


and 


with 

BREEZE 

THROUGH 

LUNCH 


CHOOSE  ONE  FROM  EACH  GROUP 

Medium   orange,    '/2    grapefruit 
Cup   tomato   juice,   fresh   peach 
'/2   cup  strawberries,   '/2   cantaloupe 
2   large  fresh  eggs 

1  egg,  poached 

2  slices  crisp  bacon 

2   thin  slices  buttered  toast 

Or 
1    cup  cooked  oatmeal,  or  cornflakes 
'/2   cup  whole  milk,  1   teaspoon  sugar 

Or 
I    plain   waffle 
1    tablespoon   maple  syrup 
Cup  of  black  coffee 
Second   cup   of  black   coffee 


CALORIES 


50 


300 


250 


250 


9 
9 
300  to  370  Calories 


/Fresh  tomato  on  lettuce  100 

1    slice  whole  wheat  toast 

Or 

[1    cup  of  canned   boullion  100 

\3   soda  crackers 

Or 

''/2   fresh   peach  with   cottage  cheese  100 

\1    slice   Zweibach 

Or 

iraw  carrot  and  apple  salad  100 

I  1    slice  Zweibach 

Or 
|  5   stalks  canned  asparagus  on  100 

\\    slice  whole  wheat  toast 


with      {  '    9'ass  skimmed  milk 


85 
185  Calories 


Soup 


Salad 


ENJOY 
YOUR     (Fruit   CUP 
DINNER    J  Vegetable   soup,  cup 

J  Chicken   noodle  soup,  cup 
Momoto    soup,   cup 
1  Carrot  with  raisin 

Orange  with  thin  slice  avocado 
}  Cabbage   slaw  with   pineapple 
i  Lettuce   with   French   dressing 

Tomato  with   cottage  cheese 

Plain   gelatin 
/Chicken,  small  slice 
I  Turkey,  small   slice 
I  Halibut,  small  slice,  broiled 
'Hamburger  steak,  medium   size 
I  Beef   roast,  small   slice 
'  Lamb  roast  or  chop,  broiled 
[Veal   chop,  broiled 
(Potato,  small  white,  mashed  or  baked 
)  1   slice  bread  and  butter 
'  Vegetables,  average  servings 
,  Asparagus  or  broccoli 
■  Cauliflower,   spinach,  tomatoes 
/Summer  squash 

VCarrots,  artichokes,  string  beans 
(Beets,   brussels   sprouts 
[  Cabbage,  Hubbard  squash 
I  Corn,  one  ear  fresh 
J  Peach,  fresh   sliced 
.  Pears,  2  halves,  canned 
(Pineapple,  1   slice 
Dessert     /Dates,  2  large  dried 
I  Berries,    '/j    cup 
[  Strawberries,   blackberries 
\  Cookies — 1    macaroon  or  oatmeal 

!  Coffee,  black 
Tea,  black,  plain 


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the  masseurs  than  to  do  serious  home  exercises, 
find  a  good  professional  shop  and  take  a  regular 
course.  Particularly,  if  you  work  and  need  to  get 
the  kinks  out  of  an  aching  back  or  tense  shoul- 
ders, a  good  massage  followed  by  a  salt  rub-down 
and  fresh  shower  will  send  you  home  glowing 
and  completely  revitalized.  Exercise  is  a  true  ally 
to  beauty  through  health,  but  often  it  requires  both 
exercise  and  careful  diet  to  reach  a  streamlined 
contour.  The  average  woman  needs  from  2000  to 
3000  calories  each  day.  What  is  an  adequate 
amount  of  food  for  one  person  might  be  very 
skimpy  for  another,  but  the  average  body  re- 
quires and  burns  up  just  so  many  units  of  heat. 
A  calorie  is  a  unit  of  measure  of  heat,  just  as  a 
pound  is  a  unit  of  measure  for  solids.  When  the 
normal  caloric  intake  is  reduced  to  1000  units 
daily,  it  forces  the  body  to  use  up  fat  energy  that 
the  body  has  previously  stored.  So,  you  lose  weight. 

You  might  begin  by  dieting  one  week  of  every 
month,  checking  your  weight  and  measurements 
carefully  before  you  start  and  again  at  the  end 
of  each  week. 

The  Seven-Day  Diet  given  here  is  different  from 
most  diets  because  it  permits  you  to  eat  almost 
anything  you  wish.  And,  as  you  mould  your  figure 
into  shape  you'll  find  a  growing  sense  of  well- 
being  ...  a  quickening  personal  pride  in  your 
appearance.  It's  a  mental  astringent  .  .  .  you  want 
everyone  to  notice  how  superbly  sleek  you  are. 
So,  get  busy  on  a  body-beautifying  program  before 
Spring  gives  way  to  Summer  need.  Pull  yourself 
together  .  .  .  you  can  do  it! 


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1.  Fats,  such  as  fat  on  meat,  bacon, 
sausages,  olives,  cream,  gravy, 
cream  sauces  and  soups,  oil  dress- 
ings, fried  food,  and  potato  chips. 

2.  Concentrated  sweets  and  starches 
...  ice  cream,  sherbets,  gelatin, 
candy,  pastries,  macaroni,  dump- 
lings, soda  fountain  drinks,  alco- 
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THE  CALIFORNIAN  SE- 
LECTS "ARCH  OF  TRIUMPH" 
AS  THE  PICTURE  OF 
THE  MONTH  FOR  A 
DISCRIMINATING  PUBLIC 


OLLYWOOD  5624?    Roll  em! 

In   the   vernacular   of   the   motion   picture   industry,    production   of 

the    new    super    drama,    "Arch    of    Triumph."    is    underway    .    .    . 


tone    of    the   speaking   voice,    each     lote    of    Louis    Gruenb 
jf  writing  b^Snc*  Maria  RemWfue  jJroduOed  the  ston^^\  . 


the  sound  track,  three  miles  from  the  studio  by  priv  te  telephone  line,  is  busi  y 
recording    each    tone    of    the_speaking   voice,    each   pote   of   Louis    Gruenber: 
musical  score. 

Three  years  of  writing  bv^E^cli  Mlria  ReTrlHtfue  jlrodu<!ed  the  stor^^\  lat%r 
to  be  adapted  for  the  screen  by  Director  Lewis  Milestone  and  Harry  Brown.  Four 
months  of  shooting  before  112  major  sets  at  Enterprise  Studios  produced  the 
dynamic  film  that  this  month  will  begin  its  road  show  tour  of  America  .  .  .  starring 
the  incomparable  Ingrid  Bergman  and  the  romantic  Charles  Boyer. 

It's  a  gripping  story  .  .  .  with  an  un-Hollywood.  realistic  ending. 

Naturally,  it  happens  in  Paris.  On  a  rainy  night  in  1938,  Ravic  (Charles  Boyer1) . 
an  Austrian  surgeon  in  France  without  a  passport,  is  walking  the  Pont-Neuf.  a 
bridge  across  the  Seine.  Ahead  of  him  a  woman  walks  unsteadily  as  if  numbed. 
Fearing  she  is  bent  on  suicide,  he  stops  her  and  takes  her  to  a  bistro  for  a  drink. 
This  is  Joan  Madou  (Ingrid  Bergman).  The  man  she  loved,  she  tells  him,  died 
the  night  before  ...  a  fact  she  has  reported  neither  to  the  hotel's  patron  nor  the 
police.  Ravic  straightens  matters  out  with  the  authorities,  installs  Joan  in  the  Hotel 
de  Milan  and  tells  her  he  will  look  her  up  soon.  He  returns  to  his  friendship  with 
Morosow  (Louis  Calhernl.  an  ex-Czarist  lieutenant  colonel  who  is  doorman  of  the 
Scherezade  Cafe,  and  his  brooding  search  for  Haake  (Charles  Laughton)  .  .  .  the 
Gestapo  agent  who  tortured  him  and  killed  his  comrades. 

After  a  message  of  distress  from  Joan,  Ravic  takes  her  to  dinner,  and  on  learn- 
ing that  she  is  an  actress  and  singer,  agrees  to  ask  Morosow  to  get  her  a  job  at 
the  Scherezade.  He  takes  her  home  but  she  refuses  to  go  upstairs  alone  because 
she  cannot  stand  the  solitude.  Ravic  sleeps  on  the  couch.  Joan  is  beginning  to  fall 
in  love  with  the  only  friend  she  has  in  the  world.  Another  woman  is  in  love  with 
the  handsome  surgeon,  too  ...  a  wealthy  American,  Kate  Hegstroem  (Ruth 
Warrick),  who  has  come  to  Paris  from  Vienna  to  be  operated  on  by  Ravic.  in 
whose  skill  she  trusts,  even  though  she  fears  the  impending  ordeal. 

That  sets  the  scene  for  a  thoughtful  drama  that  moviegoers  may  select  as  one 
of  the  best  of  the  new  year  ...  a  nomination  for  the  Academy  award  ...  a  force- 
ful opus  augmented  with  such  near-greats  as  Roman  Bohnen,  J.  Edward  Bromberg, 

(Continued  on  page  72) 


68 


THE    LOVELY    INGRID    BERGMAN    ...    THE    STAR 


LIME-YELLOW   THEME   WITH    JONQUILS,   TULIPS   AND    POLISHED    CITRUS    FRUITS 


a  ttenti  o  n 
h  ostess 


FLOWER  STYLIST 


NEW  DRAMA  AND 


ELEGANCE    FOR 


YOUR  TABLE 


SETTINGS 


Table  settings  follow  a  definite 

fashion   cycle.   And,   according 

to  Flower  Stylist  John  Beistel, 

today's  hostess  will  be  wise  to 

set  a  more  elaborate  table  in 

tune    with    the    current    vogue 

for     elegance     and      post-war 

famous       exuberance.    This  expert,   who  stages  parties  for   some 

of  California's  most  famous  hosts,  believes  that  the  table 

settings   which  are  most  successful   have  a   drama   and 

flair  to  outrival  the  guests'  most  beflowered  bonnets  or 

suggests       richest  gowns  .  .  .  and  therein  lies  their  success. 

Current  suggestions  for  the  woman  who  dares  to  be 
different  include  the  two  exciting  table  settings  on  this 
page,  created  by  Beistel  for  The  Californian.  Both  il- 
lustrate the  new  trend  toward  an  extremely  decorative 
quality  .  .  .  using  fruits,  flowers,  ribbon&  .  .  .  and  even 
feathers  ...   to   glorify  a  table. 

Above,  yellow  tulips  and  jonquils  top  a  colorful  dis- 
play of  oranges,  lemons  and  tangerines  .  .  .  with  wild 
lemon  leaves  and  a  glossy  satin  bow  of  lime  and  tur- 
quoise. At  each  plate  is  a  jonquil  corsage  tied  with 
the  same  gay  ribbon.  For  more  formal  occasions,  the 
delectable  combination  of  rosy-red  grapes,  below,  with 
pink  camellias  and  violet  bouquets  is  arranged  in  a 
two-tiered  effect  .  .  .  two  cut  glass  pedestal  bowls  made 
into  a  picturesque  centerpiece.  Here  again,  ribbons 
are  used  for  the  "extra"  touch,  this  time  in  tones 
of  violet  and  turquoise. 
And  small  sprays  repeat- 
ing this  same  motif  may 
be  used  effectively  on  a 
larger  table,  too. 

Originality  is  your 
watchword,  and  don't  be 
afraid  to  be  dramatic  .  .  . 
that's  the  trend   for  '47! 


RICHLY  DECORATIVE  MOTIF 
THAT  COMBINES  FRUIT  AND 
FLOWERS  FOR  TABLE  EX- 
CITEMENT: GRAPES,  PINK 
CAMELLIAS  AND  VIOLET 
BOUQUETS     ARE     FEATURE. 


PHOTOGRAPHED  By  ANNE  ANTHONY 


New  For  You: 

•  a  glimpse 
at  gadgets 

WITH  PEGGY  HIPPEE 

J_y  rop  me  a  line  if  you'd  like  to  know  where 
you   can   buy  any  of  these: 

SERVE-A-SALAD  ...  gay  colored  Flex-o-j 
ware  fork  and  spoon  combine  manufactured  | 
in  Los  Angeles,  destined  for  salad  service! 
the  country  over.  Carefully  balanced,  easily  | 
detachable  with  no  extra  screws,  bolts  or! 
bands  to  lose  in  the  wash  ...  or  in  the  salad! 
.  .  .  this  scissor-like  device  assures  easyl 
hospitality  for  years  to  come.  A  twist  ofj 
the  wrist  and  the  single  utensil  becomes  sep- 1 
arate  fork  and  spoon,  perfect  for  salad  toss-  I 
ing.  Another  twist  and  presto,  you've  a  I 
fine  scoop-and-spoon  server  that  guarantees  ] 
neatness  and  dispatch  with  every  salad  plate,  j 
Under  $2  and  available  in  clear  bright  red,  i 
green  and  ivory. 

FEATHERWEIGHT  PASTRY  ROLLER  .  . 
Grandma    would    have    burst    her    buttons    at  || 
the    sight     of     this     newest     Lewis     specialty  I 
...    a    stainless    Dural    roller   which    weighs 
only  14  ounces,  chills  as  it  rolls,  lasts  a  life-  '' 
time.     Simply    unscrew    the    handle,    fill    tht 
hollow    cylinder    with    ice    water    or    chipped  | 
ice,  replace  handle  and  wipe  roller  with  damp 
cloth.   There  you   are   .   .   .  ready  to   roll   and 
chill  pastry  of  all  sorts  in  one  simple  opera- 
tion.   For    the   woman    who    likes    to    bake,   a    I 
bargain   buy  at  less  than  $3. 

MAYNARD  MIXER  .  .  .  another  California- 1 
made  gadget  that  Grandma  would  go  for  I 
...  a  super  beater  equipped  with  a  side  >il 
handle  for  steadiness  and  two  definite  speeds.  I 
Slow  gear  is  for  beating  a  better  batter;  I 
high  gear  whips  up  eggs,  cream,  etc.  This  I 
wonderful  beater,  which  actually  made  its  | 
debut  just  before  the  war,  is  now  being  man- 
ufactured  in  quantity  and  sells  for  about  $3. 

CAP-OFF  ...  an  Eagle  Lock  Co.  device 
that  removes  any  and  every  bottle  cap  easily, 
surely,  safely  .  .  .  and  with  no  effort  on  your 
part.  All  you  do  is  place  the  bell-shaped 
opener  on  the  bottle  top,  gently  squeeze  the 
"metal  ears"  together  .  .  .  and  the  cap  lifts 
off  the  bottle  with  no  fuss,  no  muss,  no  dis- 
concerting cuts,  bruises  or  shower  baths. 
About  $2.50  in  better  stores  everywhere. 

MR.  BARTENDER  .  .  .  "designed  for  liv- 
ing" by  the  Modern  Engineering  and  Develop- 
ment Co.  of  Los  Angeles.  Here's  an  auto- 
matic  spirits  dispenser  that  replaces  the  cork  1 
in  any  bottle,  solves  all  bartending  .  .  .  with-  'j 
out  raiding  the  stock.  Just  place  securely 
into  the  bottle  and  it's  ready  to  pour.  It  will 
release  at  each  tip  the  proper  portion  .  .  . 
one  jigger,  no  less,  no  more.  And  when  you're 
through  serving,  set  the  bottle  down  until 
you  need  it  again.  Comes  in  shining  chrome 
for  about  $3;  in  18K  goldplate,  $10,  plus 
Federal  tax. 

BUNSIZER  .  .  .  answer  to  Dagwood's  (or 
anyone's)  prayer;  this  handy  metal  ham- 
burger mold  (also  good  for  fish  cakes,  po- 
tato cakes,  etc.)  manufactured  in  Sierra 
Madre,  Calif.  To  use,  place  two  ounces  of 
meat  on  five-inch  square  of  waxed  paper  and 
lay  over  center  depression ;  cover  with  sec- 
ond sheet  of  waxed  paper  and  press  top  of 
mold  down  firmly.  Open  lid,  lift  perfect  pattie 
out  by  edges  of  bottom  paper.  If  you're  an 
onion  addict,  mold  pattie  as  directed,  then 
raise  top  of  "Bunsize"  and  sprinkle  pattie 
with  chopped  onion  and  press  down  again. 
The  onion  will  permeate  and  stay  put.  Avail- 
able for  under  $3  in  housewares  departments 
everywhere. 


The  Young  Artist  and  Saroyan 


j  [Continued  from  page  31) 

Most    of    the    time    while    I'm    painting,    I'm 
I  Tiean  as  hell." 

"Sure,  Manuel,  I  know,"  Saroyan  said. 
'You  can  ask  Carol  if  I'm  not  the  same  way. 
When  she  comes  into  the  room  and  I'm  work- 
ling  there's  just  no  answer." 

"When  I  look  at  these  pictures  now,  Bill, 
t's  like  the  first  time  I've  ever  seen  them. 
As  though  I  had  nothing  to  do  with  them. 
I'm  completely  outside  them." 

"Of  course,  Manuel.  It's  that  way  with 
every  artist,  every  writer.  When  the  work  is 
nished,  it  all  goes  away  from  them.  That's 
fine,  because  it  leaves  you  fresh  and  ready 
for  the  next  thing." 

"The  way  you  put  it  into  words,  man.  The 
things   I   feel." 

"Let's  see  some  more  of  the  pictures,  Man- 
jel.  I  like  this  show.  You'll  sell  them  all  this 
:ime." 

"Sure,  Bill.  Here's  one  that  you'll  have  to 
tudy  for  a  while.  I  did  it  over  in  Lodi." 
It  was  a  small  oil  of  a  night  street  scene 
.  .  also  shown  here  .  .  .  with  a  yellow  win- 
dow shining  out  on  the  street  corner  and  a 
few  people  standing  around  or  leaning  against 
i  the  wall  of  the  corner  bar.  "You'll  have  to 
look  at  this  one  for  a  while,  man.  It  takes 
time    to    get    it,"    Manuel    said. 

He  brought  out  another  oil  of  about  the 
bame  size  with  a  girl  in  a  bright  yellow  dress 
Kinder  a  bright  light  singing  in  a  crowded 
bar.  "I  did  this  one  at  Billy  Berg's  place 
pown  on  Vine  Street.  It's  the  only  thing  that 
a  did  in  Hollywood.  Except  the  portrait." 
"What  portrait,  Manuel?" 
"Here  it  is,  man,  and  I  don't  like  this  guy 
any  more  at  all  now." 

"What  went  wrong,  why  don't  you  like 
uiim,   Manuel?" 

"Well,  we're  sitting  there  and  I'm  painting 
and  I  ask  him  how  he  likes  Bill's  last  book. 
He  acts  like  he's  never  heard  of  you  at  first, 
and  then  when  he's  heard  of  you,  he  says  he 
didn't  much  care  for  the  book.  Something 
labout  how  he  didn't  agree  with  all  your 
ideas."  Manuel  walked  up  and  down  in  front 
;of  the  portrait,  his  shoulders  angrily  hunched 
up   in   his   white   shirt.     "So   then   I   say   'did 


Where  To  Buy  It 

9  Merchandise  shown  on  pages  34-35 
may  be  purchased  as  follows:  Fay  Fos- 
ter's at  Bonnie  Best,  Beverly  Hills,  Calif.; 
Halle  Bros.,  Cleveland.  De  De  Johnson's 
at  Carson  Pirie  Scott,  Chicago;  Scruggs- 
Vandervoort  -  Barney,  St.  touis.  Ritter 
Sportswear  at  Coulter's,  Los  Angeles; 
Hartley's,  Miami. 

9  Merchandise  shown  on  pages  38-39 
may  be  purchased  as  follows:  Ken  Suther- 
land's at  J.  J.  Haggarty  Co.,  Los  Angeles 
Raab  and  Harmell  at  Emery,  Bird,  Thayer, 
Kansas  City.  Lynn  Lester  at  J.  J.  Haggarty 
Co.,  Los  Angeles;  Peck  &  Peck,  New  York. 
City.  Joy  Kingston  at  Nancy's,  Hollywood; 
Kaufmann's,    Pittsburgh. 


you  read  the  book?'  and  he  sort  of  hems  and 
haws  and  I  say  it  again,  loud,  'did  you  read 
the  book?'  but  I  can  see  he  hasn't  read  it. 
He  just  got  his  ideas  from  the  reviews." 

"Well,  Manuel,"  Saroyan  said.  "Maybe  he 
hadn't  read  the  book  and  didn't  want  to  say 
so." 

"Well,  the  hell  with  his  portrait.  I  think  I'll 
tear  it  up." 

"You  don't  want  to  do  that,  Manuel.  It's 
a  good  portrait.  Not  like  the  rest  of  the  paint- 
ings, but  a  good  portrait." 

Manuel  took  down  the  portrait  and  brought 
out  some  more  of  his  paintings.  He  placed 
one  of  them  on  the  easel.  "This  is  the  only 
painting  I've  had  returned  to  me  since  I 
started  selling  them." 

It  was  a  painting  of  a  flower  pot  with  a 
white  flower  on  a  window  sill.  "Why  did  the 
fellow  return  it?"   Saroyan   asked. 

"He  claimed  that  in  the  window-space,  out- 
side the  window  in  the  picture,  he  could  see 
a  coffin.  I  don't  see  any  coffin,  no  one  else 
sees  a  coffin,  but  this  fellow  claims  he  sees 
a  coffin  plain  as  day.  Even  his  own  wife 
doesn't  see  a  coffin,  he  admits,  but  he  sees 
one   there  so   he  returned   the  painting." 

Saroyan  looked  at  the  painting  closely. 
"There's  no  coffin  in  the  picture,  Manuel, 
but  he'd  see  one  in  any  painting  he  bought. 
Maybe  it's  the  white  flower  in  the  pot  that 
made  him  think  of  a  funeral,  but  more  likely 
he's  just  thinking  along  the  lines  of  coffins 
inside  himself.  How  old  was  he?" 

"About  forty-five.  He's  a  nice  guy,  a  grain 
and   feed  man  up  near  Chico." 

"He's  young  to  be  seeing  coffins.  It  re- 
minds you  of  Lawrence,  who  wrote  the  'Seven 
Pillars  of  Wisdom.'  A  bird  used  to  come  and 
sit  on  his  window  sill  every  day  and  finally 
he  decided  that  the  bird  was  death  waiting 
for  him.  So  he  killed  himself.  Me,  I  wouldn't 
have  killed  myself,  I'd  have  pulled  the  bird 
in  and  made  him  sing.  If  the  damn  thing 
couldn't  sing,   I'd   have   eaten   him." 

Tolegian  stood  in  front  of  his  painting 
and  examined  it.  "Maybe,"  he  said,  "this 
fellow  had  heard  the  story  and  kept  waiting 
for  that  bird  to  come  and  sit  on  the  window 
sill." 

"It  could  be,  Manuel.  There's  no  death 
anywhere  in  your  pictures.  There's  growth 
and  life  all  through  them,  but  no  death  any- 
where. Don't  give  it  another  thought.  Let  me 
see  the  picture  of  the  girl  playing  the  lute, 
again.  I  like  that  painting.  Mardikian  will 
buy   it  on   sight." 

Tolegian  found  the  picture  of  the  girl  play- 
ing the  lute  and  they  set  it  up  and  stood 
looking   at   it. 

"Who  was  the  girl  in  the  picture,  Manuel? 
Is  she  an  Armenian  girl?" 

"Yes,  she's  a  girl  who  lives  down  in  the 
valley  .  .  .  her  husband  died  not  long  ago. 
She  plays  the  lute  like  heaven  and  how  I 
love  that  music.  The  dress  is  her  mother's 
wedding  dress.  Brought  it  from  the  old  coun- 
try." 

"I   like    that   picture   very   much,    Manuel." 

"You'd    better    buy    it,    Bill.     If   you    don't, 


Mardikian  will." 

Mardikian  .  .  .  one  of  San  Francisco's 
famed  restauranteurs  .  .  .  never  did  buy  the 
picture  and  eventually  it  was  sold  to  someone 
else. 

But  what  about  Tolegian? 

He  started  painting  as  a  boy  in  Fresno, 
studied  in  New  York  under  Thomas  Benton, 
George  Grosz  and  John  Sloan  .  .  .  then  joined 
the  WPA  artists'  project  and  vagabonded 
about  the  country  some  twenty-five  times. 

Critics  in  those  days  raved  that  his  paint- 
ing had  the  strength  of  a  candid  camera.  He 
turned  out  pictures  of  industrial  workers, 
of  bread  lines  and  tenement  districts,  rapid- 
ly establishing  his  reputation  as  one  of  the 
arch-realists  of  the  thirties.  Returning  to  Cali- 
fornia, he  married  his  boyhood  sweetheart 
and  went  to  live  in  Chico,  a  small  community 
in  the  northern  part  of  the  state.  There  it 
was  that  Tolegian  worked  out  his  pattern  for 
the  artist  in  our  society.  He  discovered  that 
the  local  citizens  of  any  town  can  become  in- 
terested in  art,  providing  it  used  a  language 
they  know.  So  the  artist  painted  the  stores 
and  farms  and  schools  ...  all  the  familiari- 
ties of  the  surrounding  countryside  .  .  .  and 
Chico  welcomed  Tolegian  and  bought  his  pic- 
tures to  hang  in  its  homes. 

It  was  during  those  years  that  the  artist 
developed  an  all-consuming  interest  in  the 
California  landscape.  He  still  painted  people 
at  their  work,  but  his  pictures  were  gentler, 
less  turbulent,  never  disturbing  in  their  ulti- 
mate message. 

After  the  war  Tolegian  moved  to  Los 
Angeles  where  he  already  is  painting  the 
city's  colorful  Plaza  and  the  polyglot  char- 
acters of  Main  Street  and  Skid  Row.  Southern 
California  has  become  his  home  and  a  house 
on  the  very  top  of  a  mountain  in  suburban 
Sherman  Oaks  is  the  crucible  for  his  crea- 
tiveness. 

For  an  artist  who  makes  his  living  from 
his  work,  Tolegian  is  remarkably  lacking  in 
eccentricities.  His  routine  is  almost  as  dis- 
ciplined as  his  canvasses.  As  one  San  Fran- 
cisco critic  said  of  his  gouache  paintings: 
"They  are  bright  in  color  and  pleasant  in 
design,  but  they  point  up  the  fact  that  at 
times  Tolegian  can  edge  a  bit  too  near  the 
pictorial   and   the   academic." 

Whatever  his  style,  Tolegian's  love  of  Cali- 
fornia and  his  feeling  for  the  people  and  the 
land  is  clearly  evident  in  his  work  .  .  .  and 
these  things  he  shares  with  his  friend  of  boy- 
hood   years,    William    Saroyan. 


THE     CALIFORNIAN,     April,      1947 


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California's  Blooming 

(Continued  from  page  31) 

from  cover  to  cover.  For  the  scientifically  minded,  Willis  Linn  Jepson's 
"A  Manual  of  the  Flowering  Plants  of  California"  will  constitute  a 
most  complete  botanical  reference.  And  those  who  are  interested  in  the 
cultivation  and  propagation  of  wild  flowers  will  wish  to  read  Lester 
Rowntree's    "Hardy    Californians." 

Where  great  industrial  cities  now  stand,  the  wild  flowers  of  California 
once  grew  unimpeded  from  the  mountains  to  the  sea.  But  what  man- 
kind has  left  unmolested  of  Nature's  largesse  is  still  ours  to  be  enjoyed 
and  cherished.  The  exigencies  of  war  caused  many  a  wild  flower  en- 
thusiast to  temporarily  abandon  his  annual  hegira  to  the  untrammeled 
areas  where  he  invariably  could  witness  the  dramatic  unveiling  of 
spring.  During  the  last  winter  we  have  been  waiting  breathlessly  some 
portent  of  the  magnitude  of  the  displays  we  may  expect  this  year. 
No  one  can  predict  in  advance  just  what  week  the  wild  flowers  will 
bloom  in  any  specific  area,  or  how  profusely  they  will  blossom  .  .  . 
so  much  depends  upon  rainfall  and  temperature.  But  for  those  planning 
special  trips  to  view  the  flowers,  last  minute  information  is  available 
over  the  radio  and  from  the  press. 

And  we  cannot  plot  in  advance  the  exact  sequence  in  which  recog- 
nized display  areas  will  reach  the  peak  of  their  blossoming  season,  as 
some  local  quirk  of  weather  will  cause  a  reversal.  Generally  speaking, 
however,  flowers  begin  to  blossom  in  the  south  during  the  month  of 
February.  The  main  body  of  these  early  forerunners  will  have  started 
early  in  March,  reaching  the  peak  from  mid-March  to  early  April,  and 
then  rapidly  disappear.  Contradicting  this  will  be  the  effect  of  late 
rains  that  may  carry  over  Mojave  blooms  far  into  April.  At  this  time, 
too.  Palo  Verde  is  likely  to  be  at  its  peak  further  south,  while  Rhodo- 
dendron is  highlighting  Mendocino  County.  In  Northern  California  the 
flowers  usually  open  in  mid-March,  the  Red-bud  takes  honors  the 
latter  part  of  March,  and  the  Azalea  and  Rhododendron  festivals  cele- 
brated by  many  communities  will  be  held  in  May.  At  the  same  time 
the  Cacti  of  the  Colorado  Desert  area  may  be  attracting  an  equal  num- 
ber of  visitors  with  its  prodigious  display. 

Most  states  throughout  the  West  prohibit  by  law  the  picking  of  wild 
flowers  or  molestation  of  native  plants,  which  is  as  it  should  be  if  we 
are  to  know  at  first  hand  the  great  natural  beauty  of  the  country. 
No  law  protects  the  plants  against  the  onward  march  of  population, 
however,  and  it  is  here  that  those  who  appreciate  the  flowers  must 
do  all  within  their  power  to  preserve  them.  We  await  with  anxiety 
the  return  of  native  blossoms  to  great  desert  wastes  unavoidably 
tramelled  during  war  maneuvers.  We  know  of  thousands  of  acres  put 
to  the  plow  and  cultivated  crops  in  recent  years  .  .  .  the  flowers  cannot 
come  back.  We  know  of  new  subdivisions  where  for  centuries  the  foot 
of  man  had  not  disturbed  the  wild  growth.  In  the  great  Federal  hold- 
ings where  sheep  and  cattle  were  permitted  to  graze  in  the  past,  many 
of  the  wild  flowers  will  never  be  seen  again.  So  ...  if  all  the  natural 
beauty  is  not  to  disappear  in  the  years  ahead  ...  if  we  shall  protect 
that  which  gives  a  great  enjoyment  .  .  .  we  must  awake  to  the  im- 
mediate necessity  for  cherishing  that  which  we  hold  in  trust  .  .  .  the 
wild  flowers  of  the  West. 


Hollywood's   Arch   of   Triumph 

(Continued  from  page  69) 

Ruth  Nelson,  Stephen  Bekassy,  Curt  Beis,  Art  Smith  and  the  notorious 
international,  "Prince"  Michael  Romanoff. 

'Arch  of  Triumph"  sets  a  record,  too,  in  its  consistent  off-nationality 
type  casting.  Swedish  Ingrid  plays  an  Anglo-Rumanian-Italian.  Boyer, 
the  Frenchman,  portrays  an  Austrian.  Charles  Laughton  enacts  the 
first  Nazi  in  his  long  career.  Louis  Calhern,  from  Brooklyn,  plays  the 
Russian.  In  all,  forty-two  different  nationalities  are  represented  in  the 
cast.  Bergman,  who  wears  no  makeup  and  needs  none,  creates  a  new 
hair  style,  with  shorn  locks  and  bangs  .  .  .  the  Arch  of  Triumph  hair-do. 
She  sings  two  songs  .  .  .  one  in  Russian,  one  Italian.  Actual  speeches 
of  Chamberlain  and  Daladier  have  been  dubbed  into  the  sound  track. 
The  prop  department  handled  more  than  163,000  separate  items  during 
filming  ef  the  picture.  Nate  Watt  traveled  18,000  miles  and  shot  25,000 
feet  of  background  material  in  France.  Eight  technical  advisers  worked 
on  the  production.  Russell  Metty's  low-key  photography,  in  some  in- 
stances,  innovates   a   new   technique   in   picture   making. 

But  what  you,  mother  and  Mrs.  O'Toole  will  find  most  intriguing 
.  .  .  Ingrid  Bergman  and  Charles  Boyer  clinch  twenty-one  times! 
A  far  cry  from  "Gaslight,"  their  last  celluloid  test  together. 


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maize,  red,  copen,  blue  and  white.  $8.95,  post- 
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BEACH  BAG  ...  as  big  as  all  outdoors  (18" 
diam.)  ...  as  colorful  and  important,  too. 
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rope  cord  handle.  A  sea  horse,  hand-painted  in 
reef  red,  sea  green,  Pacific  blue  or  driftwood 
brown.  A  Gloria  George  Original,  about  $5.95 
at  Marshall  Field  &  Co.,  and  the  best  stores 
across  the  country.  From  American  Multi-Craft, 
179   S.    Formosa,   Los   Angeles. 

NAME  FLAMES  .  .  .  take  your  pick  of  three 
merry  messages  stamped  with  your  name  in 
gold  on  giant  matchbooks.  You  may  have  "Get 
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Brown"  or  "These  Did  Belong  To  The  Browns." 
Choice  of  green,  blue,  red  or  assorted  match- 
books.  Only  one  message  to  the  (asbestos-lined) 
mailable  gift  box  with  25  matchbooks,  $1.45, 
postpaid.  From  Miles  Kimball  Company,  225 
Bond    Street,    Oshkosh,    Wisconsin. 

SEED  BEADS  .  .  .  strands  and  strands  of  tiny 
beads  artfully  braided  into  a  choker  and  brace- 
let set  by  Sandley.  Tone  up  your  summer  cottons 
or  date  dresses  with  this  unique  collar  of  beads. 
White  combined  with  moss  green,  sky  blue, 
sand  tan,  coral  or  yellow.  For  the  set,  $6.50; 
the  choker,  $4.95;  the  bracelet,  $1.95.  Order 
from  Beverly  Hills  Gift  Shop,  453  N.  Beverly 
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WEAR-A-PAIR  ...  or  two  ...  to  glamorize 
your  hairdo,  casual  or  dressy.  These  gold  or 
silver-plated  barrettes  (about  3%"  long)  are 
truly  smart  in  their  simple  smoothness.  Priced 
about  $1  each  ...  in  sterling  silver,  about 
$2  each.  At  The  Broadway-Hollywood,  Holly- 
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mann's,  Pittsburgh.  For  the  name  of  the  store 
nearest  you,  write  Bi  It  more  Accessories,  846  S. 
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TEA  TIME  .  .  .  "Little  Patch"  is  this  ceramic  cup 
and  saucer  .  .  .  a  dainty  ceramic  blossom 
adorning  handle  and  fluted  saucer.  A  delightful 
gift  for  the  collector  ...  to  highlight  a  what- 
not shelf  ...  or  use  it  for  tiny  cut  flowers. 
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heart  on  waist  spells  her  name  in  hand  em- 
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1-6;  $10.95,  postage  paid.  From  LUCILLE,  Box 
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different  colorful  characters  packed  to  the  box, 
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sical pictures  do  not  wash  off.  If  your  favorite 
toiletries  counter  is  temporarily  out  of  this  item, 
write  Monogram  Soap  Company,  1401  N.  Ca- 
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coffee  ...  of  all  thingsl  As  a  decorative  antique, 
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•    California 
In    Books 

Br  HAZEL  ALLEN  PULLING 

V^ialifornia  .  .  .  the  royal  road  to  many  satis- 
factions in  this  land  of  homesites  and  holi- 
days! For  dilettante  or  specialist  in  Cali- 
fornia lore,  for  visitor  vacation-bound  or  deep- 
dyed  native  son,  the  literature  of  California 
holds  fun  and  fascination  as  well  as  profit  and 
adventure. 

Not  all  the  best  is  new.  California's  cen- 
tennial coming  on  apace  has  turned  the  spot- 
light of  attention  upon  numerous  century-old 
tales.  In  modern  dress  or  old,  in  bright  new 
format  or  dusty,  time-worn  covers,  these  books 
take  one  back  through  decades  to  the  days 
when   California  was  young. 

Delightfully  fresh  and  lovely  is  the  reprint 
of  J.  Ross  Brown's  The  Indians  of  California. 
first  published  in  1864.  but  now  reissued  by 
The  Colt  Press  in  its  usual  fine  design  (San 
Francisco.  1944.  73p.  S3).  J.  Ross  Brown. 
Irish,  fearless,  and  a  friend  of  the  mistreated 
Indian,  was  Inspector  of  Indian  Affairs  on  the 
Pacific  Coast  in  the  1850s.  This  small  bro- 
chure, a  copy  of  his  report  to  the  govern- 
ment and  illustrated  with  three  of  his  original 
drawings,  is  a  first-hand  analysis  of  conditions 
that  prevailed  among  the  Indians  of  Cali- 
fornia when  they  were  first  brought  under 
government  tutelage.  Forthright  in  tone,  even 
verging  on  sarcasm,  this  word-picture  of  our 
first  California  residents  is  a  classic  in  Cali- 
forniana  and  basic  reading  for  a  true  picture 
of  California's  beginnings. 

CENTENNIAL  SERIES 

Rare  opportunity  to  add  to  one's  private 
collection  of  early  Californiana  is  afforded 
by  the  California  Centennial  Series  currently 
being  published  by  N.  A.  Kovach  of  Los  An- 
geles (712  South  Hoover  Street).  To  date 
three  titles,  all  collector's  items,  have  been 
reissued  in  pleasing  format,  complete  with 
maps   and   illustrations. 

Among  the  reprints  in  this  series  is  a  noted 
guide  book  to  California's  gold  fields.  It  was 
first  published  in  1852  when  a  now  unknown 
Andrew  Child  released  for  popular  use  his 
Overland  Route  to  California  (Kovach,  1946. 
60p.  S3).  Used  by  many  of  the  emigrants, 
this  guide  directed  the  traveler  from  Council 
Bluffs,  Iowa,  to  California  bv  way  of  the 
Platte  River.  South  Pass.  Sublette's'  Cut-Off. 
and  the  Humboldt  and  Truckee  River  roads.  It 
was  almost  a  step-by-step  directive,  marking 
points,  giving  distances,  indicating  climatic 
and  other  pertinent  characteristics  of  the 
trail.  By  this  guide  the  wayfarer  could  an- 
ticipate his  needs  and  in  part  circumvent 
his  hardships:  by  it.  too,  we  may  retrace  his 
steps  and  in  imagination  walk  with  those 
hardy  men  and  women  of  Gold  Rush  davs. 

Leonard  Kip's  California  Sketches  With 
Recollections  of  the  Gold  Mines  (Kovach. 
1946.  58p.  S2.75)  is  another  title  in  the  Cen- 
tennial Series.  This  is  a  record  of  the  ob- 
servations and  experiences  of  a  young  New 
\orker  who  visited  California's  cities  and  gold 
mines  in  1849.  Keen  and  witty,  the  accounts 
here  given  are  unrivaled  for  their  rebability 
and  their  readability  among  the  records  of 
California   of   a   hundred   years   ago. 

EMIGRANT  TRAIL 

Third  volume  in  the  series  is  a  reprint  of 
John  Udell's  famous  Journal  (Kovach.  1946. 
87p.  S3).  This  is  a  daily  record  kept  by  the 
California-bound  emigrant  on  the  overland 
trip  in  1858-59.  And  it  is  especially  valued  for 
its  full  descriptions  of  the  hardships  of  the 
journey  which  included  attack  and  massacre 
of  some  of  the  party  by  a  band  of  Mojave 
Indians  One  of  the  best  of  early  accounts 
of  the  making  of  California,  this  attractive 
reprint  is  a  worthy  addition  to  your  own  pri- 
vate  library. 


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QUIET  CHARM  ...  in  this  beautiful  lamp.  The 
base  is  a  heavy  old  copper  jug,  antiquated 
with  an  English  brass  finish.  The  Marshall  shade, 
especially  made  for  this  lamp,  is  semi-translucent 
antiqued  parchment  with  hand-oppliqued  design. 
Stands  a  proud  23"%"  high  for  desk  or  end 
table  .  .  .  tasteful  touch  in  living  room  decor. 
Order  from  Eldora  Mills,  Eldora,  Iowa;  $29.75 
including   shade;  $55   a    pair.    Postpaid. 

BRUNCH  COAT  .  .  .  this  little  dream  of  lac* 
.  .  .  for  those  luxurious  hours  at  home.  Cover- 
up  sleeves,  fitted  bodice  with  flared  peplum  .  .  . 
pastel  pink  or  mist  blue.  Matching  nightie  in 
same  fitted  lines  with  full  swing  skirt,  crepe  or 
satin.  Available  at  Modelon,  10556  Riverside 
Drive,  North  Hollywood;  Gloria's  Exclusive  Gowns, 
San  Jose;  Silver  Thimble,  Carmel  by  The  Sea; 
all  in  Calif.  Designs  by  Dora  I  Originals,  639 
S.    Carondelet,    Los    Angeles. 

BUTTON-BUTTON  ...  the  two  outsize  sunny- 
copper  buttons  on  this  chalk- white,  soft  elks  kin 
belt  do  bright  things  to  your  summer  fun  clothes. 
Trimly  girdles  your  waistline  .  .  .  with  its  new 
smart  3  Y2'  width.  In  desert  colors  .  .  .  cactus, 
palomino,  chest  n  jt,  sunset  red.  Sizes,  24-32. 
Price,  about  S6.95  at  most  fine  stores  throughout 
the  country,  or  write  Phil  Sockett  Mfg.  (Est. 
1925),    1240   S.   Main,    Los   Angeles    15. 

BEE  JEWELS  .  .  .  a  pin  and  earring  set  by 
Coro  .  .  .  generously  be  jeweled  with  glisten- 
ing rhinestones  against  painted  enamel;  green, 
gold  and  shiny  black  predominating.  Duette 
comes  apart  to  make  two  separate  clips,  if 
that's  your  wish.  The  pin,  $6.25;  earrings,  $3.50 
a  pair.  Complete  set,  $9.50,  including  federal 
tax  and  postage.  Order  by  mail  from  Daniels 
of  Beverly  Hills,  451  N.  Beverly  Drive,  Beverly 
Hills,  California. 

GUIDE  TO  BEAUTY  .  .  .  "Face  and  Figure  Fas- 
cination," a  book  abojt  charm  of  face  and  form 
.  .  .  completely  illustrated  instructions  on  the 
art  of  achieving  modern  beauty  by  expert  Edyth 
Thornton  McLeod.  Twelve  revealing  chapters,  127 
pages  on  proper  diet,  exercise,  makeup,  hairdo, 
personality,  color,  wardrobe  .  .  .  for  beauty 
and  charm  at  all  ages.  Order  by  mail,  $1.25 
includes  postage,  The  Dales,  Booksellers  to  Smart 
Women,    3066-Z    W.    Seventh,    Los    Angeles. 


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THE  CALIFORN1AN  presents  for  your  convenience  a  current  directory  of  the  finest  restaurants  in  Los  Angeles 
and  San  Francisco,  cultural  events  of  interest  and  activities  that  make  living  in  California  or  a  visit  to  our 
state  the  most  enjoyable  for  you  and  your  family.  Fine  foods  of  many  kinds  are  available,  and  whenever 
possible  specialties  of  the  house  are  listed,  names  of  the  maitres  d'hotel  and  days  the  establishments  are  open. 
Have  a  good   time ! 

THE    RESTAURANTS 

IN    LOS    ANGELES 


AMBASSADOR— 3400  Wilshire  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles. 
World-famous  Cocoanut  Grove  open  every  night  ex- 
cept Monday.  Saturday  afternoon  tea  dancing.  Freddy 
Martin's  Orchestra.  Dinners  from  $3.25.  Cover  $1, 
Saturday  $1.50.    Rouben. 

BAR  OF  MUSIC— 7351  Beverly  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles. 
Excellent  double-piano  on  a  stage  back  of  the  bar. 
Food.  Good  small  band.  Two-dollar  minimum  on 
Saturday  and  Sunday. 

DON  THE  BEACHCOMBER— 1727  North  McCadden 
Place,  Hollywood.  Fried  Shrimp,  Rumaki,  Barbecued 
Spareribs,  Mandarin  Duck,  Chicken  Almond  and 
known  as  originator  of  the  Zombie.  Dinners  from  $3. 
Usually    crowded,    but    good    tourist    spot. 

BEVERLY  HILLS  HOTEL— 964-1  Sunset  Blvd.,  Bev- 
erly Hills.  Palm  room  open  Thursday,  Friday  and 
Saturday  nights  with  dancing.  Thursday  buffet,  $3.75. 
Dinner  a  la  carte  from  $1.75.  Good  food  and  you 
might  see  a  movie  star. 

BEVERLY  -  WILSHIRE  HOTEL—  9415  Wilshire 
Blvd.,  Beverly  Hills.  Tasty  food  in  Copa  d'Oro  and 
Terrace  Room,  with  medium   prices. 

BILTMORE  BOWL— 515  South  Olive  St.,  Los  An- 
geles. Best  place  downtown  for  good  food  and  good 
music,  with  Russ  Morgan  playing.  Two-dollar  din- 
ners, nominal  cover  charge  and  two  floor  shows.  Nice 
for    tourists.    Closed    Monday. 

BUBLICHKI— 8846  Sunset  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles.  A 
bit  of  Russia  on  the  Strip.  Cutlet  a  la  Kieff,  Filet 
Mignon  a  la  Stroganoff,  Caucasian  Shashlik,  Rus- 
sian Blini.  Dinners  from  $3.  Host,  Wally;  hostess, 
Jasmina.  Good  music  and  romantical.  Closed  Tuesday. 

CASA  LA  GOLONDRINA— 3  5  Olvera  St.,  Los  An- 
geles, "the  first  brick  house  in  the  city."  Historic 
Mexican  cafe.  Arroz  con  Polio,  Enchiladas,  Tacos. 
Dinners    from    $2.    Alfredo.    Closed    Sunday. 

CHAROUCHKA— 8524  Sunset  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles. 
Another  bite  of  Russia  on  the  Strip.  Mamma  and 
Papa,  "your  hosts,"  excel  with  atmosphere,  food  and 
soothing  music.  Closed  Monday,  and  prices  fairly 
high. 

CHASEN'S— 9339  Beverly  Blvd.,  Beverly  Hills.  One 
of  the  best  in  the  West.  Excellent  cuisine  and  plenty 
of    celebrities.     Expensive.    Closed    Monday. 

CIRO'S— 3344  Sunset  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles.  On  the 
Strip  and  luxurious,  with  name  bands  for  dancing. 
Expensive.   Celebrities,   sometimes. 

HENRI'S— 9236  Sunset  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles,  "where 
the  Sunset  Strip  meets  the  Bridle  Path."  The  leisurely 
glamor  of  Southern  California  as  the  visitor  hopes 
to  find  it.  Society,  celebrities,  tops  in  cuisine.  A  la 
carte  from   $2. 

HOUSE  OF  MURPHY— La  Cienega  "Restaurant 
Row"  at  Fourth  Street,  Los  Angeles.  Madame  Begue's 
Chicken  Creole,  Hamburger  and  Onion  Rings,  Million 
Dollar  Hash.  Your  host,  Bob  Murphy.  Wonderful 
Salads,  Beautiful  Steaks.  A  la  carte,  medium  prices. 
Open   every   day. 

LA  RUE— 8633  Sunset  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles,  on  the 
Strip.  Tops  in  food  and  decor.  Crepes  Louise,  Crepes 
a  la  Reine,  Lasagne  Pasticciate,  Beef  Bourguignonne. 
From  noon  till  3  for  lunch  except  Sunday.  From  6  to 
11  p.m.  for  dinner.  Closed  Monday.  Felix  Cigolini. 
A   la  carte  entrees  from   $2.25. 

LINDY'S— 3656  Wilshire  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles.  A  good 
place    to   eat,    with   steaks    a    feature.    Closed    Monday. 

LUCEY'S-—  5444  Melrose  Avenue,  Hollywood.  Good 
food,  medium  prices  and  across  the  street  from  Par- 
amount   Studio.    Movie    stars    abound    at    lunch. 


MIKE  LYMAN'S  OR  AL  LEVY'S— When  you're 
downtown  in  Los  Angeles.  Good  food,  same  man- 
agement.   Reasonable. 

MOCAMBO— 8588  Sunset  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles.  One 
of  the  Strip's  spots  for  movie  stars.  Colorful,  crowded 
and    expensive. 

PERINO'S— 3027  Wilshire  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles.  In 
the  heart  of  the  smart  shopping  area.  Excellent  food. 
A    favorite    luncheon    rendezvous    for   society. 

PLAYERS — 8225  Sunset  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles.  Good  for 
tourists    and    you   might   see    a    movie   star.    Expensive. 

READY  ROOM — Johnny  Wilson's  popular  rendez- 
voui  for  the  younger  set.  Big  fireplace,  delicious 
steaks,  informal  atmosphere.  At  365  No.  La  Cienega 
Blvd.,    Los    Angeles,    on    Restaurant    Row. 

ROMANOFF'S— 326  No.  Rodeo  Drive,  Beverly  Hills. 
Prince  Mike  caters  to  movie  stars,  writers  and  pro- 
ducers.   Expensive. 

SARNEZ— 170  No.  La  Cienega  Blvd.,  Beverly  Hills. 
Lew  Sailee  and  Harry  Ringland  have>  an  attractive 
place,  with  good  food  and  good  music,  reasonably 
priced. 

SOMERSET  HOUSE— On  Restaurant  Row  in  Bev- 
erly Hills.  Fine  steaks,  a  la  carte  dinners,  nice 
atmosphere  and  expensive. 

SPORTSMAN'S  LODGE— 12833  Ventura  Blvd., 
North  Hollywood.  An  epicurean  delight  in  San  Fer- 
nando Valley.  Broiled  Lobster,  Chicken  Saute  a  Sec, 
Charcoal-broiled  Steaks  in  a  gorgeous  setting.  One  of 
the  finest  restaurants  in  California.  Jack  Spiros.  From 
5:30    p.m.    Closed    Monday. 

TAIL  O'  THE  COCK— 477  So.  La  Cienega  Blvd., 
Los  Angeles,  on  Restaurant  Row.  Mac  McHenry  pro- 
vides excellent  food,  good  companions  and  a  pleasing 
atmosphere.  Hamburger  Diable  and  Fried  Shrimp  are 
specialties.  You'll  want  to  go  again  and  again,  and 
it's   reasonably  priced. 

TOWN  HOUSE— 2965  Wilshire  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles, 
overlooking  Lafayette  Park.  Three  smart  cafes  to 
serve  you  .  .  .  Garden  Room,  Cape  Cod  Grill  and 
the  Zebra  Room.  No  cover  or  minimum.  Excellent 
food    and    a   good    spot   for    the   tourist. 

VILLA  NOVA— 9015  Sunset  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles.  A 
charming  old  world  atmosphere  on  the  Strip.  Good 
Italian   food   and   good   service. 


THE    THEATRE 

PLAYS 
MUSICALS 

BILTMORE— April  14  through  May  3,  Theatre 
Guild  production  of  "Magnificent  Yankee"  with 
Louis  Calhern ;  May  5-17  "Accidentally  Yours," 
starring  Billie  Burke  and  Grant  Mitchell;  May  26- 
June  7  "Barretts  of  Wimpole  Street,"  srarring  Cath- 
erine Cornell.  Nightly  at  8:30;  matinees  Wednesday, 
Saturday    at    2:30. 

PASADENA  COMMUNITY  PLAYHOUSE  — April 
30-May  11  "The  Yankee  Fable,"  bv  Guy  Andros ; 
May  14-25  "Oh  Susanna,"  musical  depicting  life 
of  Stephen  Foster.  World  premiere.  Curtain  at  8:15; 
prices   76c   to   $2. 

THEATRE  MART  —  Continually  playing  "The 
Drunkard"  every  night  at  8.  Famous  old-time  melo- 
drama with  beer  and  pretzels.  Wonderful  tourist 
entertainment   and    good   for  the   entire   family. 

EL   CAPITAN— Ken    Murray's    "Blackouts   of    1947," 


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The  Ghillie  by  David  Frank  with  open  heel  and  toe 
.  .  .  light  weight  as  going  barefoot,  comfortable,  as 
slippers,  resilient  and  cool,  insulated  against  hot 
pavements  with  a  crepe  rubber  covered  cork  platform 
(one  inch  flat  wedge  heel)  .  Genuine  pigskin  in  white 
or  natural  also  in  smooth  red  elk $5.95 

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starring  Marie  Wilson  and  Ken,  every  night  at 
S  :30,  with  plenty  of  matinees.  Variety  entertainment 
that   will    please.    Good   for   tourists. 

EARL  CARROLL'S  THEATRE  RESTAURANT— In 
Hollywood  for  the  tourist.  "The  Vanities"  in  a  new 
show,  each  night  with  two  different  performances 
at  9:15  and  midnight.  Girls.  Girls.  Three-thirty  with 
dinner,   $1.65    without. 

VARIETY 

TURNABOUT  THEATRE— The  Yale  Puppeteers, 
Elsa  Lanchester  and  Lotte  Goslar  in  good  entertain- 
ment. May  4-10,  "Gullible's  Travels"  and  "Southern 
Exposure ;"  May  11-17  "Mr.  Noah"  and  "About 
Face ;"  May  18-24  "Caesar  Julius"  and  "Vice 
Versa ;"  Mav  25-31  "Tom  and  Jerry"  and  "Turn- 
about  Time." 

ICE-CAPADES  OF  1947— Famous  family-enjoyment 
ice  extravaganza,  featuring  Donna  Atwood,  at  Pan 
Pacific  Auditorium  all  month.  Colorful  costumes, 
beautiful  girls.  Everv  night  at  8:30,  Sunday  matinee 
at   2:30.     From   $1.25   to  $3.60. 

CONCERT 

MUSIC  FESTIVAL  —  Los  Angeles  Philharmonic 
Orchestra  in  concert  for  school  children  May  2,  8 
p.m.,    at    Shrine   Auditorium. 

ELEMENTARY  SCHOOLS  ORCHESTRA— In  con- 
cert  May   23,    8    p.m.,    at   Shrine   Auditorium. 

ARTUR  RUBINSTEIN— Noted  pianist  in  afternoon 
concert  May  4   at   Philharmonic. 

OPERA 

LOS  ANGELES  CIVIC  LIGHT  OPERA— "Song  of 
Norwav"  runs  until  May  10  at  Philharmonic; 
"Rosalinda"    opens   May    19. 


SPORTS 


HARNESS  RACING— Grand  Circuit  Meeting  of 
Western  Harness  Racing  Association  at  Hollywood 
Park  until  May  17.  Tuesdays  through  Saturdays 
at    1    p.m. 

BOWLING — American  Bowling  Congress  in  progress 
at    National    Guard    Armory   in    Exposition    Park. 

TRACK — Invitational  Coliseum  Relays  May  23  un- 
der the  new  arcs  at  8  p.m.  Los  Angeles  Memorial 
Coliseum. 

BASEBALL — Pacific  Coast  League  games  every  day 
except  Monday;  double-headers  on  Sunday.  See 
daily  paper  for  contestants  and  time  in  Los  Angeles, 
San  Francisco,  Hollywood,  Oakland,  Sacramento,  San 
Diego,    Seattle,    Portland. 

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has  been  chosen  as  National  Buddy  Poppy  Girl 
by  the  Veterans  of  Foreign  Wars  for  the  annual 
Memorial  Day  observance.  Proceeds  from  the  sale 
of  their  poppies  will   aid   needy  veterans. 


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WOMEN'S  INVITATIONAL  GOLF— ISth  Annual 
Catalina  Women's  Tournament   May    18-20. 

HORSE  RACING — Hollywood  Park  season  opens 
May  24  with  Premiere  "  Handicap,  $25,000  added, 
for  3-year-olds  and  up. 

HORSE  SHOW — Assistance  League  Charity  Show  at 
La   Carrera    Field,    Redlands,    May   25. 

NATIONAL  BOAT  SHOW— In  Los  Angeles  Coli- 
seum May  30-June  8  includes  fashions,  radio  and 
movie   stars. 

THE    RESTAURANTS 

IN    SAN    FRANCISCO 

PALACE  HOTEL — Market  and  New  Montgomery 
Sts.  Garden  Court  serving  lunch,  tea,  and  dinner. 
Leonard  Auletti  and  his  concert  orchestra.  Ask  for 
Joseph,  maitre  d'.  Also  Rose  Room,  open  nightly  ex- 
cept Monday,  with  Jean  Sablon  and  Eddie  Oliver's 
orchestra.  Cover  $1  weekdays,  $1.50  Saturdays. 
Adolph. 

CATHAY  HOUSE— 718  California  St.  In  the  heart 
of  Chinatown.  Lunch  90c  and  $1.10,  dinner  $1.75 
and  $2.  Ernest  Tsang.  Authentic  Chinese  food  only, 
featuring  Hung  Ngon   Gai  Chow  Mein. 

OMAR  KHAYYAM— 196  O'Farrell  St.  Dinner  only, 
$2.25  up.  George  Mardikian.  Armenian  Shish  Kebab, 
Tchakhokhbelli   and    Kouzou    Kzartma    are   special,  irs. 

ST.  FRANCIS  HOTEL— Powell  and  Geary.  Mural 
Room  open  daily  for  lunch  and  dinner,  with  dancing 
from  8:30  p.m.  except  Monday,  and  tea  dancing 
Saturdays  from  4  to  5:30.  Hal  Pruden's  hand.  A 
la  carte.   Ernest.    Order   almost  anything. 

LONGBARN— On  El  Camino  Real,  2  miles  south  of 
Stanford  University.  Open  for  dinner  only.  Closed 
Thursdays.  Ask  for  Willy  or  Eddy.  Dinners  $2.50  to 
$4.  Plan  to  eat  here  when  you  visit  the  peninsula. 
Country    farmhouse    style    with    women    chefs. 

RESTAURANT  LOMBARD— 1906  Van  _  Ness  Ave. 
Dinner  only,  from  $2.50,  or  a  la  carte.  Bill  Lombard 
specializes  in  steaks  and  real  thick   roast  beef. 

EL  PRADA — Post  and  Stockton,  in  the  Plaza  Hotel. 
Lunch  11-2,  dinner  6-9,  closed  Sundays  and  holidays. 
Walter  is  maitre  d'.  Service  London  style,  with  every- 
thing rolled  in  on  a  serving  table.  Chef  Maurice 
specializes   in    French   cuisine.   Roast    beef   best   item. 

STAR  LITE  ROOM,  Hotel  Sir  Francis  Drake— Sutter 
and  Powell.  Lunch  only  from  12  to  2,  buffet  style, 
for  $1.50.  Includes  hot  dishes.  Al  Field,  host.  You 
dine   22    floors    up   with   a   spectacular   view. 

TONGA  ROOM— In  the  Fairmont  Hotel.  Open  4:30 
p.m.  to  1:30  a.m.  daily.  Hawaiian  band  plays  on  a 
raft  in  a  swimming  pool,  with  the  dining  tables 
surrounding.  Dinners  $3.50.  Hawaiian  Ham  and 
Eggs    at   $1.50,   or   a    la   carte.     Henry   Degorog,    host. 

TARANTINO'S—  206  Jefferson  St.  Open  11  a.m.  to 
11  p.m.  Dinners  $2.50  and  a  la  carte.  Dan  Sweeney, 
Jr.  and  Jack  Adams.  Seafood,  steaks  and  chops.  Food 
not  outstanding,  but  try  it  because  it's  on  Fisher- 
man's  Wharf. 

PARIS — 242  O'Farrell  St.  Lunch  and  dinner  daily, 
but  no  lunch  on  Sunday.  Dinner  $1.50.  Typical  old 
San  Francisco  family-style  French  cuisine  in  plain 
surroundings.  Lots  of  crusty  French  bread  and  de- 
licious   soup.     Excellent    cooking. 

BLUE  FOX — 659  Merchant  St.  Dinners  only,  closed 
Mondays.  Ask  for  Mario  or  Frank.  Dinners  from 
$2.  French  and  Italian  style.  Frog  Legs  Doree,  Bone- 
less Squab,  Chicken  stuffed  with  wild  rice,  Rex  Sole 
Marguerite.  In  an  alley,  not  bright  and  shiny,  but 
they   know  how  to  cook.  The  natives  eat  here. 

BERNSTEIN'S  GROTTO— 123  Powell.  Open  daily 
for  lunch  and  dinner.  Lunch  from  65c,  dinner  from 
$1.30.  Exclusive  sea  food  and  good.  Lobster  Prin- 
cess, Deviled  Crab  in  Shell,  Eastern  Oysters  en  Half 
Shell,  Fried  Prawns  and  Abalone  served  in  rooms 
built    like   a   ship's   interior. 

CLIFF  HOUSE— Point  Lobos  Avenue,  overlooking 
Seal  Rocks.  Dinners  daily  from  $1.50.  Seafood, 
Steaks,  Chicken  and  Roasts.  Eat  while  looking 
through  the  oversize  plateglass  windows  at  the 
ocean,    Seal    Rocks   and    Golden    Gate   strait. 

THE  PLANTATION— At  349  Sutter  St.  in  the  de- 
lightful new  Pavilion  at  tiffin  time.  A  la  .carte,  with 
English  and  French  delicacies  the  feature.  Reason- 
ably   priced. 


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REG.  U.    S.    PAT.   OFF. 


Cole  of  California  creates  this  swim-suit  in  a  dependable  pliant  Ponemah  Spoven*  fabric, 

Spellbound  by  Belding;  the  skirt  doubles  as  a  beach  cape. 

One  piece  suit  about  $15.00,  dress  style  about  $18.00  at  Lord  &  Taylor,   New  York, 

Ponemah  greige  goods  are  Spun  and  Woven  exclusively  for  quality  fashion  converters. 

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THE     CAL  I  FO RN I  AN  ,     May,      1947 


On    Record 


W'  ith  summer  just  around  the  corner,  new 
record  releases  follow  the  general  trend  set 
by  new  books,  movies,  plays  .  .  pleasant  en- 
tertainment, easy-to-take  hot  weather  fun. 
You'll  have  to  wait  until  fall,  though,  to  get 
your    important    listening. 

But  that  doesn't  entail  any  loss  of  variety 
.  .  or  quality.  New  offerings  bow  to  the 
widest  possible  range  of  taste.  And  who  cares 
about  being  serious?  Sheer  enjoyment  fits 
into  the  California  mood  whether  you're  in 
San  Diego  or  Bar  Harbor,  Sea  Island  or  Lake 
Louise. 

NEW  CLASSICALS 

Chopin — Concerto  No.  2  in  f  minor,  Op.  21. 
Elegantly  lyric  music,  full  of  romantic  poetry 
played  by  the  established  Chopin  master, 
Artur  Rubinstein,  and  the  NBC  Symphony 
conducted  by  William  Steinberg.  Victor.  De 
Falla — "El  Amor  Brujo."  All  the  fiery  color 
and  moodiness  traditional  to  Spain,  upon 
which  Leopold  Stokowski,  conducting  the 
Hollywood  Bowl  Orchestra,  exerts  all  his 
famed  control  of  musical  dynamics  to  good 
effect.     Victor. 

"Lullaby,"  by  Cyril  Scott.  A  lovely,  familiar 
melody  sung  as  well  as  could  be  by  Marian 
Anderson.  A  single  record,  with  "Hear  The 
Wind  Whispering"  by  Frida  Sarsen  Bucky 
getting  equally  velvety  treatment  on  the  re- 
verse. Victor.  "Sit  Down,  Servant"  and  "Soon 
— A  Will  Be  Done,"  a  pair  of  spirituals  mag- 
nificently recorded  and  flawlessly  sung  by  the 
Collegiate  Chorale  under  the  direction  of  the 
gifted  Robert  Shaw.  Victor. 

STRICTLY  FOR  DANCING 

"Square  Dances,"  an  exuberant  collection 
of  Americana  amusingly  called,  bouncily 
played,  by  Cliffie  Stone's  Band,  with  instruc- 
tions for  dancing.  Capitol.  "Manhattan  Moods," 


with  frances  anderson 


played  by  Eddie  LeMar,  his  piano  and  his 
orchestra.  A  collection  of  old  favorites  ("Any- 
thing Goes,"  "You  Do  Something  To  Me,"  "I 
Married  An  Angel"  and  others)  emphasizing 
a  steady  beat  excellent  for  dancing,  with  a 
few   tricks   to   distract   the   attention.    Capitol. 

"Jerome  Kern  Songs"  and  Fred  Waring 
music  .  .  a  lush  combination  in  any  league. 
Few  surprises  in  the  typical  Waring  treat- 
ment, but  very,  very  pleasant.  Decca.  "Jeal- 
ous" as  intoned  by  the  Deep  River  Boys, 
backed  by  the  contrastingly  lively  "Charge  It 
To  Daddy."  The  first  is  smooth,  the  latter 
amusing.    Victor. 

"Moon-Faced,  Starry-Eyed,"  hit  tune  from 
Kurt  Weill's  score  for  "Street  Scene,"  is 
wonderfully  packaged  by  Benny  Goodman. 
Johnny  Mercer  does  the  vocal  so  that  you 
hardly  miss  Art  Lund.  (Freddy  Martin  has 
a  good  but  commercial  disc  on  this  tune) 
Reverse  is  "It  Takes  Time,"  also  fine,  with 
a  good  Mercer  vocal.  Capitol. 

POPULAR  STUFF 

"Lonely  Moments"  once  again  proves  that 
when  Benny  is  really  hot,  you  can't  do  bettei 
than  Goodman.  Topnotch  stuff.  "Whistle 
Blues"  on  the  back  is  a  cutie.  Capitol. 
"Hoodie  Addle"  is  just  right  for  Tex  Beneke 
and  the  Miller  orchestra.  The  boys  do  only 
a  fair  job  on  "Anniversary  Song"  on  the  re- 
verse. Victor.  "Free  Eats"  and  "Bill's  Mill," 
a  sizzling  pair  by  Count  Basie.  Loud  but 
good,  with  some  free-wheeling  effects.  Victor. 

"Le  Fiacre"  is  Jean  Sablon's  best  in  a  long 
time,  witty  and  gay.  Even  though  we  don't 
know  our  French  like  a  native  .  .  the  effect 
comes  through.  Reverse  is  on  the  dreamy  side, 
"J'Attendrai."  Victor.  "I'll  Get  Along  Some- 
how" and  "Young  Girl's  Blues"  .  .  latest 
productions  of  Julia  Lee.   Capitol. 


When  it's  gabardine  you're  working  on,  do 
it  the  easy  way.  Simply  hang  your  gab  suit 
on  a  well-padded  hanger  in  your  bathroom. 
Turn  on  the  hot  water  and  let  it  steam.  In 
short  order  the  wilted,  travel-worn  look  will 
completely  disappear.  Now  .  .  .  hang  it  in  the 
fresh  air,  letting  the  wind  whip  it  into  those 
dry,   crisp   lines  you  love. 

TIME  SAVER 

Have  those  ironing  day  blues?  Then  why 
not  chinch  a  bit  on  the  labor?  Let  the  wind 
do  your  press-job,  whipping  the  sheets  to 
sun-dried  freshness.  If  you  wish,  you  can 
smooth  up  the  hemlines  with  a  medium  hot 
iron  before  putting  them  away.  When  you 
use  them  next,  you'll  revel  in  the  wonderful 
feeling  of  all  that  sunshine  they've  soaked 
up.  And  .  .  .  you  won't  be  muttering,  "Oh 
— my   aching   back!" 

HOSTESS  HINT 

The  nicest  hostess  in  the  world  is  she  who 
always  has  a  new  toothbrush  on  hand  for  un- 
expected guests.  Pick  up  a  flock  at  the  dime 
store  next  time  you're  on  a  shopping  binge 
and  put  them  on  your  bathroom  emergency 
shelf.  That  is,  do  it  if  you  want  your  guests 
to  get  that  overnight  habit! 


by 
HOLLYWOOD 


Crisp  as  Mojave  air  in  the  early  mornin 
>  are  both  the  styling  and  the  fabric  of 
these  famed   Rogue  shirts.  ..From 
I    California  for  your  casual  comfort 
\    anywhere  . .  ."Desert  Frost"  is  a 
beautifully  textured  cloth  tai 


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lored  in  the  Palm  Springs 

Shirt  (left)  and  the  Rogue 

(right).Colors:golrl,sage 

green,  sand  and  mi- 

\      rage  blue.  %  10.00. 

V.      At  better  stores-. 


ItlormaDons 


If  your  dealer  can't  supply  you,  write 
HOLLYWOOD    ROGUE    SPORTSWEAR    CORP.    Hollywood  38,  California 


THE     CALIFORNIAN,     May,      1947 


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Modestly  priced  long  sleeve  shirts  of  this 
exceptional  quality  have  been  a  rarity  for  what 
seems  like  ages.  Ours  makes  its  triumpha 
return  in  Glo-Ray ...  a  luxurious  fluid-draping 
rayon  with  silken  white-on-white  brocading. 
We've  lavished  tailoring  artistry  on  it  that 
borders  on  the  extravagant.  The  pearl  studs,  the 
delicate  shirring  which  is  repeated  on 
the  back  yoke,  are  typical.  32  —40 


about  $5.95  at  discriminating  stores 
everywhere— write  for  one  nearest  you. 


Trade  Mark  F 


Mark  Reg. 


Graff 


CALIFORNIAWEAR 

1240  S.  MAIN  •  LOS  ANGELES  15,  CALIF. 


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THE      CALIFORNIAN,     May,      1947 


WSe/fla/ue  Ket 


Lazy  Daisy- scattered  in  a  delustered  print  on 


Lastex  fabric  in  the  classic,  smooth-back,  one-piece 


champion  and  the  two-piece,  wired-bra  darling  of  the 


beaches.  At  topflight  stores. 


1035       SANTEE       STREET,      LOS       ANGELES       15,      CALIFORNIA 
In  Conoda-1  2  5  5      PENDER      STREET,     VANCOUVER       B.C. 


THE     CALIFORNIAN,     May,      1947 


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hearts  go  overboard 

when  you  wear  our  Cole  swimsuit  Original. . . 

with  Matletex*  to  make  you  perceptibly  lovelier. 

In  a  variety  of  swift-drying  cotton  prints. 


COPn.    19-17,   COLE    OF    CALIFORNIA, 
INC.,  LOS    ANGELES    11.    CALIFORNIA 


*COLE*S    Or.IGIN'AL   METHOD    OF   ELASTI- 
CIZING    FOR    PERFECT   FIT.   *T.M.REC. 


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THE      CALIFORNIAN,      May,      1947 


Buff  urns 


♦  ♦  ♦ 


LONG    BEACH,    CALIFORNIA 


Buff  urns 


LONG  BEACH,  CALIFORNIA 


Virginia  Country 


Jackman  Custom  Originals:  Cardigan  jacket  of  doeskin  flannel  in  gray,  tan  or 

gold.  Sizes  36  to  46,  regulars  or  longs,  $35.  Hand-tailored  wool  gabardine 
slacks  in  tan,  blue,  gray  or  brown.  Sizes  30  to  44,  $25.  Thomas  white  shirt  with 

button-down  collar,  sizes  1 4V6  to  17  — washable!  $10.  Buff  urns'  Store  for  Men 


Alamifos  Bay 


.  U.  S.  Pol.  O: 


l 


•doll  waisted  coat.  In  famous  Celaneset 

Prospector,  Sail  white  ,  .  .  sizes  10  to  16. 

Bra  and  shorts,  $10.95,  Coat,  $14.95. 

1  M 

Itfs  a  Buffums' Sun-Charm  Fashion* 


J^|      \ 


LONG   BEACH,   CALIFORNIA 


The  Hosiery — Dexdale  nylon; 
54-gauge,  15  denier;  new  shades 


5600    WIISHIBE    itvo. 


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THE     CALIFORNIAN,     May,      1947 


"SWING  TIME" 
by  Lil'  Alice 

Two  hearts  in  swing  with 
Spring!  Lil'  Alice  print  of 
parasols  and  posies  on  a 
pastel-cool  washable  seer- 
sucker...with  yards  and  yards 
of  flouncing  skirt.  Very  Cali- 
fornia—and  very  young. 

About  $12 


FR£MoNt   streEt 


THE     CALIFORNIAN,     May,      1947 


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tesn  as  a 


One  of  those  "wonderful"  dresses  by  Saba  of  California 
. . .  that  "goes  everywhere,  does  everything".    The 
perky  white  embroidered  lace  trim  can  be 
removed  for  laundering  to  keep  it  spanking 
clean  .       In  "Koolmist"  by  Duplex... Black 
and  Jewel  Pastels  ...  9-  15. 


Joan  Lorring 

Featured  in 
Erich  Maria  Remarque'j 

"The  Other  Love" 


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THE      CALIFORNIAN,      May  ,       1947 


pure  allure  .  .  . 
in  a  gala  new 

short 
long  dress! 


MOFFATT 


MACY 

ASSOCIATE 


Daring,  baring  sheer  black  veils  your  midriff 
with  misty  lace  .  .  .  flaunts  a  full, 
full  ballet  skirt.   Sizes  to  to  16.   39.95 


O'Connor,  Moffatt   •   Stockton  at  O'Farrell   •   San  Francisco  8,  Californi 


THE     CALIFORNIAN,     May,      1947 


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TOU JOURS  TRIGERE!  For  the  deft  way  she 

combines  American  spontaneity  and  Parisien 
chic... for  her  exquisite  detailing  and  vivid 
styling,  long  live  Pauline  Trigere! 

ET  VIVE  LE  ZIPPER  COUVERT!  That's  what 

they're  saying  both  here  and  abroad- 
long  live  the  fabric-covered  zipper  for  its  discreet 

blending,  its  imaginative  contrasts!  Look  for 
Waldes  Kover-Zip  on  finer  fashions. 

Ask  for  it  at  notion  counters. 

WALDES  KOVER-ZIP  4 

REG     U    S.PAT    OFF  fj3H  ^,-J 

WALDES  KO'HXNOOR,  IMC,  LONG  ISLAND  CITY  1,N.Y. 


THE  SLIT  to  costume  almost  anj 
Yshifw^V^ceasion.    Rauiblon*  fahpubhyy,' 

tailored   in   mannered  perfection,     f/iffi 
V^yeaeh,  Lemon,  Aqua,  or  Whyft&flyj 

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.Surplice  with  cap  sleeves^    White  with 
Peach,  Lemon,  or  Aqua,  or  all  While. 
Sizes  10  to  18     $8.95 


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Calilornia.  Underneath  its  well-placed  rurlles  there  hides  a  hint  oi  a  bathing  suit — built  mini 
mum  for  maximum  maneuvers.  In  black  with  acjua  or  chartreuse.  Small,  medium,  and  lar* 
sizes.  The  dress,  17.Q5.  The  swim  suit,  11.Q5.  ■  casual  clothes,  fourth  flooi 


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THE     CALIFORNIAN,     May,      19471 


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STRIPES  AWAY! 
On  the  sands  of  Long 
Beach  she  wears  Pat 
Premo's  sun-dress  ,  .  . 
its  peplum  is  really  an 
overskirt,  its  lines  are 
purely  functional.  In 
Dan  River  Cordspun, 
sizes  10-14,  about  $25 
at  Buff  urns',  Long 
Beach;  Younkers,  Des 
Moines;  The  Hecht 
Co.,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Capezio  cutaway  san- 
dals, "Smooth  Tan"  by 
Charles    of    the     Ritz. 


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POD  STYLIST. 

lODUCTION 

California  fashions: 

In  Bathing  Suits 34 

In  Play  Clothes 38 

In  Romantic  Mood 44 

Here  Comes  a  Bride! 46 

Bike  Pushers  48 

What  to  Wear  to  California  in  May  —54 

Men's  Fashions  in  Color  58 

Society  in  Fashion  60 

Dressing  by  Design  62 

Heralding  the  Sailor  Dress  67 

California  features: 

Long  Beach  .  .  Willmore's  Dream  Come  True 30 

A  Woman  Speaks  Her  Mind,  by  Bette  Davis 42 

The  People's  Prodigy  69 

California  beauty: 

Aglow  with  Glamor,  by  Edna  Charlton 56 

California  living: 

This  House  Is  For  You,  by  Virginia  Scallon  50 

California  Cooks,  by  Helen  Evans  Brown 64 


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By  WILLIAM  J.  COWEN 


X  here's  no  telling  how  many  lazy  centuries  ago 
the  Puvu  and  Suango  Indians  began  setting  their 
smoke  fiirs  along  its  palisades,  hunted  rabbits  across 
its  grassy  plains,  or  first  traded  with  the  island  tribes 
on  its  sandy  shores. 

Cabrillo  was  the  first  European  to  set  eyes  on  its 
naked,  semi-tropical  beauty.  Manuel  Nieto  grazed  his 
cattle  there;  and  John  Temple  and  Abel  Stearns 
raced  their  horses  from  its  hillocks  to  the  water's 
edge.  Then  the  Bixbys.  who  once  owned  the  whole  of 
it.  pastuied  their  sheep  over  its  two  sprawling  ranches 
.  .  .  the  same  Bixbys  who  today,  in  their  third  and 
fourth  generations,  are  still  the  city's  First  Family. 
The  establishment  of  a  seaside  city  really  was  the 
dream  of  an  English  bachelor  and  school  teacher, 
one  William  Willmore.  Willmore  City,  however,  was 
all  but  a  total  failure,  and  twenty  years  later  its 
founder  died  within  its  bounds  ...  a  broken,  penni- 
less man.  But  Willmore's  Dream  persisted  none  the 
less,  and  flowered.  Even  during  his  life  he  watched. 
from  the  shadows  of  its  street  corners,  other  men 
shape  a  great  city  .  .  .  shaped  from  the  plans  he 
WHERE  'iad  penned  .  .  .  and  built  upon  the  broad  streets  he 
had  staked  out.  He  was  not  even  spared  the  ignom- 
iny of  seeing  its  name  changed  from  prosaic  Willmore 
City  to  prosaic  Long  Beach.  He  died  at  56  .  .  .  but 
had  lived  too  long. 

Willmore's  Dream  come  true  is  today  California's 
fifth  city.  From  a  statistician's  eye-view  it  has  had 
an  exciting,  throbbing  record.  It  has  an  estimated 
population  in  excess  of  300,000.  It  was  once 
(1900-1910)    the  fastest   growing   community  in   the 

nation,  and  always  a 
close  contender  for  that 
title.  Presently  its  citizens 
have  the  highest  per  capita 
buying  power  of  any  met- 
ropolitan area  of  its  class 
.   .   .  anywhere. 

It  is  a  slumless  city  of 
upper  middle  classes  sea- 
soned   with    a    handsome 
sprinkling     of     unknown 
but    well  -  to  -  do    coupon 
clippers.    And    while    the 
nation's      attention      has 
been     focused     upon     the 
leaps-and-bounds     expan- 
sion of  Los  Angeles.  Long  Beach 
outdid  its  giant  neighbor  .  .   .  ac- 
quired  a   headache   for   its   pains. 
For  as  Los  Angeles  chalked  up  a 


and  something  for  adjacent  Los  Angeles  Harbor  to 
reckon  with.  It  is  home  anchorage  to  the  greatest 
flotilla  in  history  .  .  the  United  States  Pacific  Fleet. 
But  more  than  that  .  .  across  its  docks,  lining  28 
miles  of  man-made  port  frontage,  pass  hundreds  of 
millions  of  dollars  worth  of  cargo  in  world  com- 
merce every  year.  Willmore's  Dream  today  is  an 
adolescent  industrial  giant,  already  with  hair  on  its 
chest  and  flexing  its  muscles  proudly.  Some  400  in- 
dustries have  a  S150.000.000  investment  there.  Signal 
Hill,  bristling  with  a  forest  of  2.100  oil  derricks,  is  I 
visual  evidence  of  the  most  fabulous  oil  strike  in  I 
history  .  .  while  the  newer  Wilmington  Field  pumps  I 
$5,000,000  into  the  city  coffers  each  year. 

But  \S  illmore  had  dreamed  more  particularly,  and 
less  statistically,  of  a  pleasant  seaside  resort.  And  that 
.  .  with  all  its  oil  derricks  and  shipyards  .  .  Long 
Beach  is,  too.  Its  eight  miles  of  wide  pleasure  beach 
is  one  of  California's  best.  Its  neat  and  orderly 
Pike  with  its  roller  coaster,  penny  arcades  and  tattoo 
parlors  is  for  the  gay  and  light  of  heart.  The  parks 
are  devoted  to  lawn  bowling,  horseshoes,  roque  and 
card  clubs.  For  the  sportsman  there  are  fishing,  yacht- 
ing, boat  racing  on  bay  or  ocean.  The  mean  annual 
temperature  of  from  55  to  65  degrees  and  the  12-inch 
annual  rainfall  are  as  ordered  by  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce.  Willmore's  Dream  is  a  civic  center  where 
people  from  seventy-two  surrounding  communities 
come  to  shop.  Its  neat,  white  limit-height  buildings 
line  wide  streets  and  boulevards  that  are  exactly  as 
William   Willmore  had   planned   them. 

But  the  many-faced  city  of  Willmore's  Dream  has 
another  facet.  Some  would  call  it  a  folksy,  neigh- 
borly side.  Others,  less  kind,  simply  call  it  "corny" 
and  let  it  go  at  that.  But  be  that  as  it  may,  the  pass- 
ing phase  of  its  gallused  days  .  .  when  Long  Beach 
was  known  everywhere  as  "Towa  By  the  Sea"  .  .  will 
be  lamented  by  many  Californians  when  the  last  per- 
nicious relics  of  this  era,  the  Spit  'n'  Argue  Club, 
the  horseshoe  tournaments,  the  Curb  Market,  the  elec- 
tric wheelchair  "Autoettes"  are  finally  absorbed  and 
dissipated.  Yes,  Willmore's  Dream,  as  it  has  come 
true  in  1947.  is  a  long  journey  from  that  day  in  1870 
when  the  little  English  school  teacher  landed  at 
Wilmington  and  set  off  across  the  fields  and  mud 
flats  for  Anaheim  .  .  that  day  when  he  paused  to 
rest,  at  what  is  now  the  intersection  of  American 
Avenue  and  Anaheim  Street,  looked  about  him, 
breathed  in  the  good  air  and  said  to  himself.  "Ah, 
here,  what  a  glorious  spot  for  an  American  colony!" 

The  story  of  the  Citv  of  Long  Beach  springs  from 


LONG  BEACH.    .Willmore' 


15  per  cent  permanent  population  increase  .  .  .  during 
and  since  the  war  .  .  .  Long  Beach  tripled  that  record, 
percentagewise,  with  a  mark  of  47.  Consequently, 
25,000  new  houses  are  desperately  needed. 

Willmore's    Dream   today   has   become   a   port   city 


that    moment.     But   the   story   of   its   shores   is   much 
older  and  is  mellow  with  the  lore  of  the  conquista- 
dores.  the  dons  and  the  Yankees.    Let's  examine  this 
history  in  old-fashioned  chronological   order. 
THE  BAY  OF  SMOKES:  Long  Beach,  and  for  that 


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HER  HUSBAND  THEODORE  AND  SON  BUSTER  TILL  A  40-ACRE 
FARM  SEVEN  MILES  NORTH  OF  TOWN    BEFORE  COMING  TO 

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Retired  engineer  Charles  Lapions  drives  his  wife  across 
Long  Beach's  Lincoln  Park  in  one  of  the  hundreds  of 
electric    perambulators    in    use.    They    require    no    license. 

A  mechanical,  kicking  Missouri  mule  grinds,  and  at  same 
time  helps  to  sell  Missouri  horse  radish  from  this  Long 
Beach  farmer's  Curb  Market  stall.  "Big  kick"  guaranteed. 


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Long  Beach  a  neighborly,  folksy  community  .  , 
paradoxical    disregard  for  high-geared  industrial 

"No  one  who  keeps  kicking  you  in  the  pants  car 
get  ahead  of  you,"  is  the  title  of  this  Spit  'r 
Club  speaker's  harangue.  Club  is  maintained  by 


(I  was  this   Liberty  type  freighter  .  .  .  significantly  named 

I  for     Council     Bluffs,     Iowa    ...    a     waterfront     town. 

I  The  last  of  Cal   Ship's  467  vessels  built  during   the  war 

I  A  sailor  and   his  girl  "doing  the  Pike"  are   usually  sus- 

j  ceptible  to   having   their  picture  taken   .   .  with  a   phony 

j  jail  as  prop.  It's  good  business,  too,  at  two  dollars  a  copy. 


Bathing  queen  contests  are  conducted  in  Long  Beach  at 
the  drop  of  a  hat  .  .  resulting  in  a  never-ending  flow  of 
"leg   art"   publicity    for   the   resort   city.   Meet  the   queenl 


matter  the  Pa- 
cific Coast,  nod- 
ded dozily  at 
history  in  mid- 
siesta  400  years 
ago.  From  ship- 
board Juan  Rod- 
riguez Cabrillo 
looked  across  the  amber  kelp  beds  and  watched  the  sparkling 
foam  of  the  breakers  gently  lick  a  ten-mile  strip  of  wide,  white 
sandy  beach.  Seaward  and  over  his  shoulder  lay  Santa  Catalina 
Island,  which  only  a  few  days  before  he  had  discovered  and 
explored.  Before  him  and  to  either  side  lay  the  wide  arc  of  an 
open  bay.  Although  the  shore  formed  a  part  of  the  western 
frontier  of  this  unknown  continent,  at  this  point  the  grassy 
plains  and  the  low  bluffs  looked  south,  not  west,  across  the 
Pacific.'"'  The  promontory  of  the  Palos  Verdes  Hills,  jutting 
seaward  to  form  the  western  arm  of  the  bay,  gave  protection 
to  the  waters  from  the  storms  beyond  whose  waves  mercilessly 
pummeled   the  Redondo   shores. 

Here,  truly,  the  Pacific  was  pacific.  And  before  the  adventure- 
some craft  slipped  across  the  great  bay  for  its  historic  landing 
at  San  Pedro,  Cabrillo  watched.  He  watched  and  saw  smoke 
fires  dotting  the  coastal  plain  .  .  .  fires  set  and  tended  by 
Indians  readying  for  a  great  rabbit  drive.  Smoke  curled  sky- 
ward from  the  spring  among  the  little  cottonwoods  along  the 
muddy  margins  of  the  San  Gabriel  River  to  the  east.  Smoke 
surged  along  the  parched  mouth  of  the  Los  Angeles  River  to 
the  west.  Atop  the  palisades,  whose  bluffs  were  yellow  with 
sand  verbena  and  purple  with  ice  plant,  smoke  sent  the  rabbits 
scurrying  across  the  grassy  fields.  And  four  miles  inland,  from 
the  highest  knoll  which  commanded  a  view  of  the  plain,  the 
surf  and  the  island  beyond,  smoke  rose  in  busy  support  of  the 
earnest  matter  of  the  rabbit  drive. 
Or  so,  at  least,  it  may  have  been. 

At  any  rate,  before  sailing  northward  along  the  Pacific  shores 
and  on  into  the  darkness  of  history,  Cabrillo,  the  explorer,  paused 
a  moment  to  give  the  bay  a  picturesque,  but  now  forgotten  name: 
Bahia  de  los  Fumos — The  Bay  of  Smokes.  Unimpressed,  the 
Puvu  and  Suango  Indians  went  on  about  their  Indian  ways  and 
smoke  fires  without  further  intrusion  for  another  hundred  and 
fifty  years. 

RANCH  OF  THE  LITTLE  HILLS:  Nieto  to  Temple  to  Bixby: 
Through  these  three  family  names  alone  title  to  some  Long 
Beach  property  has  been  passed  from  its  very  beginnings  to 
the  present  day. 

But  these  beginnings  were  not  hatched  until  more  than  two 
hundred  years  after  Cabrillo  had  sailed  away  and  the  conquista- 
dores  and  the  padres  had  come  to  occupy  the  land  of  the  Cali- 
fornias  in  the  name  of  the  King  of  Spain.  They  set  up  presidios, 
established  missions  and  founded  pueblos.  Then,  in  what  was 
the  second  of  the  California  land  grants  ceded  in  the  name  of 
the   Spanish   crown,   a   two   hundred   thousand-acre   plot   of   land 

(Continued   on   page   66) 

•California's  coastline  here  is  such  that  from  Los  Angeles  one  may  travel  either 
due  west  18  miles  to  the  ocean  at  Santa  Monica  or  22  miles  due  south  to  it  at  San 
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HTwo  years  ago  we  were  still  at  war.  On  fighting 
fronts  all  over  the  world  our  men  were  giving  up 
their  lives  that  we  might  live  in  a  free  and  decent 
world.  Here  at  home  the  women  of  America,  in  their 
own  way,  were  fighting  too.  Some  became  WACS, 
some  WAVES,  some  worked  in  factories,  some  rolled 
bandages,  some  worked  in  hospitals.  The  list  was 
long  ...  the  occupations  varied.  But  the  important 
thing  was  that  women  were  helping. 

Today  we  have  a  so-called  peace.  It  takes  no  oracle 
to  tell  us  that  unless  we  are  willing  to  fight  for  that 
peace  we  will  not  have  it  long.  Once  again  the  Ameri- 
can women  must  help,  not  by  physical  action,  but  by 
mental  doing.  Yet,  for  the  most  part  we  women  are 
shrugging  our  shoulders,  saying  "It's  none  of  my 
business,"  or  "What  can  I  do?"  To  put  it  bluntly, 
the  average  American  woman  has  stopped  thinking 
.  .  .  and  unfortunately  at  a  time  when  it  is  most 
dangerous. 

Most  of  us  have  never  really  grown  up.  Super- 
ficially we  appear  mature.  We  dress  well  and  eat 
well.  We  have  a  patter  of  talk  that  would  make  a 
circus  spieler  jealous.  We  appear  to  know  what  is 
going  on  in  the  world  because  we  can  say,  "Oh,  yes,. 
I  saw  something  about  that  in  a  picture  magazine." 
But  if  pressed  for  an  opinion  we  are  at  a  loss,  be- 
cause we  don't  really  know  the  difference  between 
Trieste  and  Tel  Aviv,  between  Bretton  Woods  and 
the  Redwood  Forest.  Our  world  is  a  smart,  slick- 
papered,  sugar-coated  one,  and  any  resemblance  to- 
the  "one  world"  in  which  we  live  is  purely  coinci- 
dental. 

The  biggest  stumbling  block  is  that  women  do  not 
understand  how  much  they  can  accomplish. 

"What  good  can  /  do?"  wails  the  American  woman. 

The  answer  is  "Plenty!" 

Alone,  it's  true,  she  can  do  little;  working  with 
millions  of  other  women  she  can  do  a  great  deal. 
During  the  war  almost  every  housewife  saved  fat 
because  it  was  needed  in  the  manufacturing  of  ex- 
plosives. The  results  of  this  campaign  were  stagger- 
ing. When  draft  boards  and  canteens  needed  to  be 
staffed,  when  towns  and  cities  needed  air  raid  ward- 
ens, it  was  the  women  who  found  time  to  give  their 
services.  Because  of  the  war,  people  became  con- 
scious of  themselves  as  citizens ;  communities  dis- 
covered they  were  a  part  of  an  even  larger  com- 
munity. Today  there  is  another  need.  The  need  for 
peace.  The  women  of  America  must  have  a  mind 
in  this.  By  acting  individually,  as  in  the  wartime 
saving  of  fat,  they  can  produce  a  collective  result 
that  will  have  tremendous  influence  and  power. 

Each  year  we  all  give  money  to  the  March  of 
Dimes  for  the  fight  against  infantile  paralysis.  No 
one  of  us  raises  all  the  money  .  .  .  each  of  us  gives 
a  little.    Now,  today,  before  it  is  too  late,  let  every 


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woman  of  us  begin  our  fight  against  mental  paralysis 
in  our  homes.  Let  us  call  ours  The  March  of  Thoughts. 
If  we  can  give  a  thought  each  day  for  better  living 
and  thinking,  our  results  will  be  staggering,  too! 

How  is  this  to  be  accomplished?  First  and  foremost 
we  must  begin  with  ourselves.  We  must  learn  to 
think.  We  must  accept  the  responsibility  of  stimu- 
lating thought  in  our  homes.  And  by  each  of  us 
working  as  individuals  we  soon  will  discover  that, 
as  a  community,  a  state,  and  finally,  a  nation,  we 
will  have  made  real  progress  in  the  fight  for  a  better 
world.  As  individuals  we  must  become  aware  of 
what  is  going  on  in  the  world.  We  must  look  beyond 
the  headlines  of  the  newspapers.  We  must  read,  not 
only  one  columnist's  opinion,  but  several  .  .  .  not 
only  one  book,  but  many.  We  must  become  informed. 

There  is  more  to  the  newspaper  than  the  weather 
report,  more  to  the  radio  than  the  funny  comedian, 
and  more  to  day-by-day  thinking  than:  "What  shall 
we  have  for  dinner?"  Today  many  women  say  they 
are  too  busy  keeping  up  their  homes  to  keep  up  with 
the  world.  I  believe  it  is  better  to  have  a  little  more 
dust  on  the  furniture  and  a  little  less  dust  on  the 
brain. 

To  do  these  things  we  must  re-educate  ourselves. 
If  we  break  an  arm  we  must  re-train  the  muscles  be- 
fore we  can  use  it  again.  It  is  the  same  with  our 
minds.  We  must  learn  to  use  them  .  .  .  this  we  can 
do  only  by  continuous  concentration.  We  cannot  go 
to  bed  filled  with  high  ideals  and  wake  up  in  the 
morning  "a  new  woman."  We  will  agree  that  toler- 
ance is  a  good  thing.  But  this  is  not  something  we 
can  buy  at  the  comer  drugstore.  We  must  work  for 
it.  We  must  read  and  hear  all  sides  of  all  questions. 
We  must  learn  about  the  peoples  of  the  world  and 
try  to  understand  them. 

This  done,  dinner-table  conversations  can  become 
meaningful  and  purposeful,  instead  of  dealing  with 
''what  Mrs.  Smith  said  about  Mrs.  Jones"  or  "how 
the  refrigerator  broke  down."  Children  should  grow 
up  believing  that  minds  as  well  as  mouths  can  move. 

We  should  realize  that  children  are  not  born  with 
prejudices.  They  acquire  them  from  their  parents 
and  their  environment.  For  example,  the  seemingly 
innocent  "Eenie.  Meenie,  Minie,  Mo,  Catch  a  Nigger 
By  The  Toe"  is  a  basic  breeder  of  intolerance.  A 
child  who  uses  this  rhyme  unconsciously  builds  with- 
in himself  a  prejudice.  This  may  be  a  small  thing, 
but  oak  trees  are  still  growing  from  acorns,  and  white 
children  are  still  stoning  negro  children  in  the  state  of 
Georgia.  Whether  it  be  the  Russians  or  the  English,  the 
Jews  or  the  Catholics,  we  must  be  careful  of  illogical 
thinking.  We  are  too  tempted  to,  without  thought 
behind  it,  pass  off  another's  inadequacies  by  saying, 


"Oh.  he's  just  a  ." 

When  children  come  home  parroting 
something  they  have  heard  in  school, 
it  is  not  enough  to  say,  "You  shouldn't 
talk  like  that."  We  must  take  the  time 
to  explain  that  there  are  two  sides  to 
any  fence.  We  must  make  them  reason 
and  think  for  themselves.  Children  can 
think  .  .  .  they  do  think.  And  we  can- 
not begin  too  early,  for  intolerance  is 
as  habit-forming  as  smoking  cigarettes  and  as  diffi- 
cult to   swear   off. 

It  is  not  enough  for  American  women  to  be  expert 
at  a  series  of  superficial  things:  tennis  to  thimbles: 
rug  beating  to  rug  cutting.  We  must  have  true  ma- 
turity and  the  ability  to  think  about  and  face  the 
problems  of  the  world.  We  must  start  thinking  about 
the  home  as  a  place  from  which  we  can  send  in- 
telligent  citizens   into   the   world. 

Instead  of  dismissing  the  education  of  our  chil- 
dren to  the  school  and  church,  we  at  home  should 
have  an  important  part  in  this.  Teaching  is  not  only 
a  teacher's  duty.  It  is  ours,  too,  because  it  is  in  the 
home  that  the  child  looks  by  instinct  for  his  path 
of  living,  his  way  of  thinking.  If  parents  do  not 
encourage  thinking  in  their  children,  this  ability  can 
grow  stagnant.  Children  hear  too  many  stock  phrases 
.  .  .  are  whispered  in  front  of.  In  many  homes 
children  are  ignored.  Yes,  they  are  fed  and  clothed 
and  given  baseball  bats. 

Children  should  be  encouraged  to  read  certain 
books,  to  listen  to  particular  radio  programs,  to 
see  certain  movies.  But  this  must  not  be  the  end.  We 
must  discuss  with  them  what  they  have  read  and 
heard.  When  they  hear  a  news  broadcast  we  must 
learn  with  them  about  the  people  and  the  places  in 
the  news.  When  they  hear  symphonic  music  we  must 
learn  with  them  about  the  composer  and  the  land 
in  which  he  lived.  Learning  cannot  be  confined  to 
the  classroom.  We  must  grow  with  our  children  and 
stimulate  their  imagination. 

Today  the  world  has  new  horizons.  We  must  learn 
about  them  if  we  are  to  live  in  "one  world."  With 
the  speed  of  air  travel  we  can  no  longer  remain  in 
secure  isolation  from  the  rest  of  the  world.  There 
must  be  many  reforms  and  women  can  help  to  bring 
them  about.  If  our  standard  of  thinking  is  to  be  as 
good  as  our  standard  of  living  then  there  is  much  to 
be  done.  But  the  evils  of  the  world  cannot  be  wiped 
away  with  a  cure-all.  There  is  no  magic  formula. 
There  is  no  mathematical  equation.  Only  a  human 
equation  .  .  .  the  solution  of  which  lies  in  intelli- 
gent  thinking. 

The  common  denominator  is  the  American  Woman. 


the  women  who 
helped  win  the  war 
are  responsible  for 
keeping  the  peace 
•    •   that  means  YOU! 


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HAIRED    STARLET,    WEARS    PEGGY    HUNT'S 
DELIGHTFUL    DANCE    FROCK, 
OPPOSITE,    WITH    YARDS    'N    YARDS 
OF  NYLON,   FRENCH   LACE  BODICE 
OVER    NUDE   MARQUISETTE,    SIZES    8-16, 
ABOUT  $110  AT  NEIMAN-MARCUS,  DALLAS. 


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CATED DINNER   GOWN   WITH    BACK 
MIDRIFF,    SIZES    8-16,    ABOUT   $+5    AT 
NANCY'S,  LOS  ANGELES;  A.  HARRIS,  DALLAS. 

BELOW,    NATHALIE    NICOLI'S    LONGER 
TORSO     ACCENTED     WITH     SELF- 
PASSEMENTERIE,    SIZES    10-18,    ABOUT   $55 
AT    DEWEES,    PHILADELPHIA; 
BUFFUMS',   LONG   BEACH. 

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WHITE  SATIN,   SIZES   10-16.     ABOUT  $85   AT  THE   MAY  CO., 


fcOS    ANGELES;    MAISON    BLANCHE,    NEW    ORLEANS; 


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ROMANCE  IS  IN  THE  ASCENDANT,  EACH   BRIDE  MORE  LOVELY  THAN  THE  LAST. 


ON   THE   OPPOSITE   PACE   SHE'S   BEWITCHING    IN    DELICATE   LACE    OF    PRISTINE 


LOVELINESS.     FROM    LENORA    DRESS    CO.,    SIZES    10-1 S 


ABOUT  $55   AT  BUFFUMS',   LONG   BEACH. 


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•  WE    BELIEVE    IN     BIKE 
PUSHERS    .    .    .    ABBREVIATED    SLACKS 
AND    DIVIDED    SKIRTS,    AND 
IN  THE  APACHE  PULLOVERS,   GIB- 
SON GIRL  BLOUSES  AND  MATCH- 
ING   TOPS    THAT    GO    WITH    THEM. 
WE    DUB    THIS   THEIR   SEASON, 
A  -BIME  FOR  HIKES,   FOR  FASHION 
ROOTED    IN    FUNCTIONALISM. 

A.  PUSHERS    BY    M.    JACKMAN    HAVE 
MAURICE  HOLMAN  APACHE 
TOPPER. 

B.  HIP   POCKETED   PUSHER  SET 
BY   HOLLIS   OF   CALIFORNIA. 

C.  GAY   NINETIES  DEAUVILLE  BLOUSE 
TOPS,   OHREN   &    SON   PUSHERS. 


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D.  DEEP    TAB    POCKETS    ON    CALI- 
FORNIA SPORTSWEAR'S  COTTON  SUIT. 

E.  LEFT,   ADDIE   MASTERS'    DIVIDED 
SKIRT  HAS  BOLERO  JACKET,  DE  DE 
JOHNSON    DIVIDED    SKIRT   CON- 
CEALED BY  FLY  FRONT. 

F.  CUFFED    BIKE    SUIT    FROM 
SUN    ROSE. 

C.  ALMOST  ANKLE  LONG  LOUELLA 
BALLERINO'S     GUATEMALAN 
PUSHERS 

H.    KEN    SUTHERLAND    SET 
HAS    PEPLUMED    JACKET. 

I.  DOUBLE-BREASTED  JACKET 
ATOP    ROYAL    PUSHERS. 


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£ 

-CONTEMPORARY    CAIIFORNIAN" 


IS   A   DREAM   COME   TRUE  .  .  .  A   TWO 


BEDROOM-AND-DEN    HOUSE    THAT    COSTS 


LESS  THAN   $10,000   INCLUDING   LOT 


.AND   YOU   CAN   BUILD   IT   NOW 


^J  Today's  house  is  small  but  not  cramped,  eco- 
nomical but  not  cheap  ...  it  embodies  many  post- 
war features  in  a  plan  that  accommodates  a  family 
comfortably,  or  provides  an  extra  room  to  rent  for 
the  budget-minded. 

Maybe  that's  why.  out  of  thousands  submitted, 
the  "Contemporary  Californian"  shown  on  these 
pages  is  one  of  the  feyv  to  be  approved  by  FHA 
for  maximum  financing  .  .  .  which  means  that 
veterans  can  build  this  house  with  scarcely  any 
out-of-pocket   cost,   merely   by   using   their   govern- 


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merit  guarantee  to  supplement  the  very  liberal  loan 
allowance. 

John  Lindsay  and  Associates  worked  a  year  to 
develop  a  basic  plan  that  would  (1)  satisfy  their 
own  ideal  of  a  small  home  worthy  of  veterans,  and 
(2)  qualify  for  this  substantial  financial  support 
from  FHA.  As  we  go  to  press,  some  seventeen 
Southern  California  builders  are  using  the  "Con- 
temporary Californian"  floor  plan  for  private  home 
construction,  while  several  have  visioned  it  as  the 
basis  for  GI  housing  projects.  Reason:  This  little 
house  has  so  many  variations  it  lends  itself  to  many 


interpretations  to  fit  the  individual  need. 

The  "Contemporary  Californian"  plan  is  such 
that  the  house  may  face  in  any  direction,  giving  it 
four  distinct  appearances.  When  the  floor  plan  is 
reversed  an  additional  four  views  are  created.  You 
see  eight  varying  views  sketched  on  these  pages. 
But  further  than  that,  by  changing  superficial  de- 
sign elements  on  front  facade,  the  house  has  limit- 
less new  appearances  .  .  .  the  garage  may  be  placed 
fore  or  aft.  or  attached  to  the  house  to  multi- 
ply even  further  the  possibilities  for  changes  in 
John   Lindsay's  "Contemporary  Californian"   plan. 


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compact, 
contemporary 
plan  for  carefree  californic 


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I  The  "Contemporary  Californian"  just  had  to  be  modern.  Its 
clean,  uncluttered  lines  are  purely  classic  .  .  .  great  wide  windows 
to  let  in  the  sunshine,  a  gentle  loft  to  the  severely  simple  roof, 
an  interesting  L-shape  to  vary  its  symmetry.. 

Constructed  with  wood  siding  and  plaster  exterior,  with  many 
variations  possible  in  both  outer  and  inside  finishing,  this  house 
fundamentally  is  economical  to  build.  It  contains  many  luxury 
features  usually  not  found  in  small  houses:  steel-sashed  windows 
with  ceiling-high  louvres  that  tip  inward  to  permit  a  healthful 
circulation  of  air  .  .  .  forced  air  ventilators  in  kitchen  and  bath 
.  .  built-in  cupboards  and  wardrobes  galore. 

But  it  is  in  the  integrated  floor  plan  that  John  Lindsay  and 
Associates  really  hit  their  stride.  Condensed  into  some  945  square 
feet,  it  miraculously  provides  spacious  living-dining  area,  with 
the  alcove  treatment  seeming  to  increase  size  of  the  room.  Corner 
windows  encourage  unique  furniture  arrangement,  capture  any 
available  view. 

The  artist's  rendering,  herewith,  shows  the  inspirational  ar- 
rangement possible,  with  a  conversational  grouping  around  the 
generous  window  area.  The  lower  sketch  shows  just  one  of  the 
possibilities  for  the  den,  which  makes  room  for  a  built-in  bed  and 
other  convenient  appertenances  .  .  .  radio,  etc.  The  master  bed- 
room has  generous  16-foot  proportions,  two  way  ventilation.  And 
please  note:  There  is  room  for  beds  against  any  of  three  walls! 

Reasoned  Lindsay:  As  veterans  return  to  civilian  life  and  have 
to  buy  a  home  they  probably  want  something  that  will  accom- 
modate a  growing  family.  They  conceivably  also  would  want 
to  cut  down  living  expenses  ...  at  least  in  the  beginning  .  .  . 
hence  the  third  bedroom  has  convenient  outside  entrance  ...  a 
room-for-rent  if  desired!  This  careful  analysis  of  prospective 
owner's  welfare  is  typical  of  the  whole  plan  of  the  "Contemporary 
Californian."  It  is  a  livable,  practical  arrangement  that  is  bound 
to  appeal  to  GI  and  civilian  alike  .  .  .  and  it  is  most  desirable 
because  it  need  not  be  a  financial  burden. 

At  this  writing,  it  is  planned  to  use  the  "Contemporary  Cali- 
fornian" in  a  housing  project  near  Palos  Verdes  (right)  where 
219  houses  will  be  variations  on  this  theme.  And  a  unique  land- 
scaping is  proposed  to  create  a  well-coordinated  unit.  Mass  pro- 
duction methods  make  financial  savings  possible  .  .  .  while  the  in- 
dividual treatment  of  each  house  will  range  from  a  beamed  ceiling 
in  one  to  a  decorative  grill  at  the  entranceway  next  door.  Funda- 
mentally Californian  .  .  .  basically  yours. 


by  Virginia   Scallon 


ing...with  "extras 


// 


WEATHER  DATA  FOR  MAY 

Los  San 

Angeles  Francisco 

Highest  temperature          87  97 

Lowest  temperature          49  42 

Average                              61.3  57.1 

Percent  sunshine                 71  71 


YOUR  BAGGAGE  CAN  BE  AS  LIGHT  AS  YOUR  SPIRITS  ...  IF  YOU  PLAN 
YOUR  TRAVEL  WARDROBE  FOR  THE  AIRLINE  LIMIT  OF  FORTY  POUNDS. 

•  Vacations  are  in  the  air,  literally  and  figuratively.  But  whether 
you  'plan  to  travel  the  skyways  or  the  more  mundane  trails,  it's  a 
wise  idea  to  plan  an  air-weight  wardrobe  for  the  sake  of  space, 
economy  and  convenience. 

step  lightly  to  California  in  may 

More  and  more  people  are  planning  early  vacations,  to  avoid 
crowded  seasonal  treks  .  .  .  and  those  early  birds  find  California-in- 
May  an  ideal  mecca.  Mild  climate  is  a  real  come-on,  the  desert  lands 
are  still  inviting,  the  mountains  are  glorious  .  .  .  and  there's  the 
regular  summer  routine  of  sunning  and  swimming  within  easy  miles 
of  big  city  life!  So  let's  take  a  look  at  the  wardrobe  situation,  com- 
pactly speaking. 

Why  not  invest  first  of  all  in  one  of  those  coordinated  ensembles 
which  literally  has  everything  for  daytime  wear  in  one  convenient 
package?  A  suit  with  mix-matchable  slacks,  shorts-n-bra  combina- 
tion ...  in  gabardine,  it  makes  an  ideal  traveler.  In  dark  colors  it 
would  be  more  appropriate  for  metropolitan  San  Francisco  .  .  .  gray 
or  beige  is  a  practical  favorite  for  southern  travel  .  .  .  bright  colors 
only  if  you  plan  to  take  more  changes. 

With  this  lightweight  beginning,  actually  you've  only  to  add  a 
tailored  blouse  for  days  and  a  frilly  one  for  evenings  .  .  .  invest  in  a 
long  skirt  for  evening  wear  with  the  frilly  one  .  .  .  add  one  of  those 
wonderful  pure-silk  packables  for  special  daytime  occasions  or 
afterdark  wear  .  .  .  and  you're  prepared  for  anything. 

Now,  just  for  fun,  bring  a  bathing  suit,  for  whether  you  visit 
the  desert  or  the  beach  you'll  find  time  for  a  refreshing  dip  in  the 
blue.  And  add  a  light-hearted  cotton,  possibly  a  sunback  dress  with 
a  cover-up  jacket,  as  a  concession  to  summer  days  ahead.  An  extra 
after-dark  wear  .   .   .  and  you're   prepared  for  anything. 

While  we're  being  so  specific  we  might  as  well  include:  street 
shoes,  play  scuffs,  dressy  slippers  .  .  .  beauty  aids  prescribed  to  keep 
skin  and  hair  in  good  condition  ...  a  travel  hat,  and  possibly  a 
flower  halo  or  small  cocktail  hat,  gloves  .  .  .  and  enough  fresh 
lingerie  for  the  extent  of  your  visit.  Don't  plan  on  getting  much 
laundry  done  en  route! 

Top  this  off  with  a  coat  and  you're  ready  .  .  .  the  coat  well  may 
be  semi-tailored,  but  you'll  be  wise  to  choose  one  that  can  go  sophis- 
ticated with  you.  A  coat  to  match  your  suit,  for  instance,  but  with 
braid  or  special  elegance  in  detail.  Hint:  if  you're  taking  only  one 
coat,  consider  the  advantages  of  a  dress-length  type,  particularly  if 
you  have  one  of  the  new  full-skirted  dresses  or  a  print  in  your 
wardrobe  to  wear. 

All  ready? 


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SO  YOU'RE  OFF  on  that  long-anticipated  holiday!    Mentally,  you've  checked  off 
DV  6cJnQ   chorlfon      things  t0  take  along  .  .  .  bathing  suit  .  .  .  shorts  .  .  .  golf  clothes  .  .  .  playshoes  .  . 

sun-back  dresses   .   .   .  and  a  dozen  other  ""musts." 

But  what  about  a  our  good  looks? 

^  ou'll  want  to  come  home  with  an  enviable  sun  tan  ...  a  "vacation  glow"  .  . 
so  give  more  than  a  passing  thought  to  problems  of  beauty.  The  same  sun.  wind 
and  water  that  are  such  a  pleasing  part  of  the  summer  scene  are  notoriously  hard 
on  skin  and  hair.  Go  prepared  with  a  few  basic  beauty-buys  that  will  be  your  pro- 
tection against  the  elements  .  .  .  assurance  that  you'll  be  even  more  attractive  when 
the  vacation's  done.  So  few  things  are  necessary  that  even  the  most  modest  budget 
won't  squirm:  a  sun  tan  helper-out.  rich  night  cream,  body  lotion  and  a  good  hair 
dressing.  Of  course  you  already  have  your  brush.  And  just  tucking  these  items  in  a 
corner  of  your  bag  won't  do  the  trick.    Use  them!    They  are  your  insurance  .  . 


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for  beautiful  appearance. 


SUNTANNING:  Keep  in  mind  that  all  of  us  don*t  have  the  same  type  skins  .  .  . 
naturally  we  won't  tan  alike.  If  you  are  a  redhead,  resign  yourself  to  the  inevitable 
.  .  .  your  color  will  be  a  bit  on  the  pinkish  side  and  no  amount  of  wishful  thinking 
will  give  you  cafe  au  lait  tone.  But  on  you  it  looks  good  ...  or  it  can!  Take 
your  first  sun  in  small  doses  .  .  .  fifteen  minutes,  then  twenty,  and  on  and  on. 
always  using  first  the  sun  tan  product  of  your  choice  which  might  be  oil.  cream  or 
lotion.  And  don't  skip  your  arms,  legs  and  shoulders.  Even  after  your  skin  lias 
become  acclimated,  keep  using  it  for  the  soothing  and  softening  effect. 

^AYOUR   EYES :  won't   be    sparkling   come-ons   if   they're    framed    in    tiny    wrinkles    etched 

'  by  squinting  at  the  sun.    Under  your  dark  glasses  .  .  .  you  wear  them,  of  course 

...  a  light  covering  of  eye  cream  or  night  cream,  smoothed  on  ever  so  lightly. 

will   never  be  seen.    Hint:  after  a  day  of  golfing  or  sailing,   a  soothing  eye  lotion 

will    pay   dividends,   too. 

JaARMS  AND  LEGS:  All  body  areas  suffer  from  exposuie  to  wind  as  well  as  sun  and 
are  apt  to  become  dry  and  painful,  so  frequent  slalherings  of  a  body  emollient 
are  in  order.  A  hand  lotion  is  excellent  as  a  quick  softener,  but  you  would  better 
benefit  by  one  of  the  light  body  oils  used  before  your  shower  or  bath.  Just  enough 
will  cling  to  your  skin  to  give  that  velvety  feeling.  And  while  we  are  on  the 
subject  of  legs,  don't  have  a  blind   spot  about  that  unsightly  hair  that  shows  up  a 


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■mndred  fold  in  the  bright  light.    Smooth  on  a  depilatory  or  wield  the  razor. 
Ms  you  will,  but  do  something. 

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'•BE :    ^  hen   you   come   in  from   playing,   never,   never   put   water   on    your   face 

until  after  you  have  patted  on  a  layer  of  good  rich  night  cream,  because  water 

prives  in  a  burn  and  helps  aid  dryness.    If  you  are  in  a  rush  .  .  .  and  you 

•usually  are   .   .   .   cream   your  face,   lotion   your  body   and   then   shower.    The 

ilvarmth   of   the  water  will   help   the  cream    in   its   beneficial   work   and   your 

nake-up  will  smooth  on  like  a  dream. 

IMt:  All  too  many  of  us  pamper  our  faces  but  give  a  fast  brush-off  to  our 
locks.  Don't  forget  that  while  the  sun  is  darkening  our  skins  it  is,  at  the  same 
rime,  bleaching  our  hair  and  having  the  same  coarsening  effect.  So,  a  few 
tlrops  of  a  lanolin-based  cream  hair  dressing  rubbed  between  the  palms  are 
hen  patted  on  the  tresses.  Now  grasp  the  hair  brush  firmly  in  the  right  hand 
.  .  need  we  say  more? 

MEUP:    \\  hen    Old    Sol    is    in    his  glory,    discard    your   heavy    make-up    bases. 

:po  in  for  one  of  the  light  creamy  ones  that  gives  a  young,  dewy  look  so 
perfect  for  off-the-shoulder  fashions.  Save  your  purple-red  rouge  and  lipstick 
for  after  dark  .  .  .  it's  strictly  taboo  for  sun.  And  while  perfumes  and 
bolognes  don't  usually  come  under  the  heading  of  make-up,  they  should,  for 
their  use  is  the  finishing  touch  to  the  well-groomed  woman.    Cologne  is  best 

.  :or   summer   days,   and   make   it  a   gay   sort   of    fragrance,    lightly   used.    You 

-  ban  wait  until  night  to  be  frankly  seductive! 

Does  this  all  sound  like  hard  work  for  crammed-to-the-hilt  vacation  days? 

Hit  isn't.    It  can  be  done  in  less  time  than  it  takes  you  to  read  about  it. 


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JUST  OFF   the   drawing   boards   in   time   for  an    exciting    Father 
Day   gift    .    .    .    something    for    Dad    to    wear   with    comfort    .   . 
to   receive  with    delight   is   this   new   summer-white    leisure   outf 
designed   by  master  crafisman   M.  Jackman,  who  introduced  th 
cardigan    and    other    fashionable    men's    sportswear.     Ask    for    fi 
at  any  fine   men's   store:  see   how  Jackman   takes  this   soft  woe 
herringbone     and     subtly    tailors     it     into    a     flattering     broac 
shouldered,    slim-hipped    man's   outfit;   just   the   thing   to  wear  c| 
the  country  club,  racquet  club,  or  in  the  confines  of  your  privatt 
patio.     While    you    are    getting    this    Father's    Day   gift    for    himl 
get  yourself  a    matching    suit   .   .   .   it's   three   piece:   jacket,  sk: 
and    matching    slack. 

For  his  wardrobe  the  white  jacket  goes  well  against  a  re 
wool  gabardine  shirt,  also  inimitably  tailored  by  Jackma 
The     solid     colors    blend     beautifully:    especially    with     a     blu> 


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feather-weight  balibuntal  straw  hat,  by  Bailey  of  Hollywoo> 
And  an  important  part  of  the  outfit  could  be  a  tie  in  brigr 
western  patterns,  like  those  below.  Rich  warm  reds,  browns 
yellows  ...  all  California  colors  .  .  .  are  in  exclusive  origina 
Holly  vogue    tie    designs. 


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father's  day 


Be  sure  to  ask  at  stores  listed  below,  or  at  your  local 
fine  men's  shop,  for  these  perfect  summer-wear  items: 
Man's  Jacket  and  Slacks  by  M.  Jackman  &  Sons,  $85, 
at  Godchaux,  New  Orleans;  Hastings,  San  Francisco; 
Sak's  Fifth  Avenue,  Los  Angeles,  New  York;  Buff  urns'. 
Long    Beach. 

Women's  Jacket  and  Slacks  by  M.  Jackman  &  Sons, 
$100,  at  I.  Magnin,  Los  Angeles  and  San  Francisco,- 
Best's,  Seattle;  Desmond's,  Los  Angeles;  Buffums', 
Long    Beach. 

Man's  Feather-Weight  Strew  in  solid  tones  by  Bailey  of 
Hollywood,  $20,  at  F.  R.  Tripler's,  New  York;  The  Hecht 
Co.,  Washington,  D.  C;  Carson,  Pirie  Scott  &  Co., 
Chicago. 

Summer  foulards  by  Hollyvogue  Ties  at  Emporium,  San 
Francisco;  Shillito's,  Cincinnati;  Stix-Baer-Fuller,  St.  Louis; 
Buffums',   Long    Beach. 

Zipper-front  Shirt  by  Barry  of  Hollywood,  $10,  at 
Bjff  urns',  Long  Beach;  Godchaux,  New  Orleans; 
Carson,   Pirie,  Scott   &   Co.,    Chicago. 

Utility  Jacket,  Slacks  and  Ascot  by  Dorsen  of  Calif., 
at  Buffums',  Long  Beach;  Carson,  Pirie  Scott  &  Co.. 
Chicago;  Shillito's,  Cincinnati;  Lord  &  Taylor, 
New    York. 


lifornia  way 

e  California  gift  items,  too,  will  make  his  Father's  Day 
best  holiday  he  can  remember.  First,  a  sport  shirt  with 
re's    gift    to    the    relaxed    man:    a    zipper.     The    sport    shirt 

on  like  a  coat,  and  zip,  it's  a  sport  shirt;  the  zipper  is 
en  down  the  front.  A  concealed  button  closes  the  collar, 
with  a  tie  this  leisure  shirt  becomes  a  perfect  part  of  any 
t  outfit;    by   Barry   of    Hollywood. 

le  utility  jacket  in  pastel  plaids,  at  right,  is  exactly  right 
it's  California's  colorful  answer  to  the  old,  somber  smoking 
et.  The  wool  is  soft  and  rich  and  good  looking:  slip  into 
or  an  evening's  relaxation,  for  informal  entertaining  at 
e  or  in  the  patio  next  Sunday  afternoon.  The  perfectly 
dinated  wardrobe  shown  features  both  slacks  and  ascot 
)f  wool   gabardine.    Even  the  tops  of  the  shoes  are  covered 

the  same  blue  gabardine.  The  clothing  is  by  Dorsen  of 
Fornia.     The   shoes    by   Casuals    Inc. 


*>"* 


HARRIET  ARNOLD 


mrs.  charles  van  de  water  native  daughter  of  long  beach,  is  photographed  in  the 

BEAUTIFUL  GARDENS  OF  THE  LLEWELYN  BIXBY  HACIENDA,  WEARING 
AN   ARNELLE  ORIGINAL   SUIT  WITH   TYPICAL  CALIFORNIA   FLAIR. 

MRS.  VAN  DE  WATER,  MOTHER  OF  TWO  YOUNG 
CHILDREN,  IS  A  MEMBER  OF  THE  JUNIOR  CHARITY  LEAGUE  AND  IS  ACTIVE 
IN  THE  SOCIAL  LIFE  OF  THE  COAST  CITY. 


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/" 


mrs.  William  graham  is  another  long  beach  native 

DAUGHTER    WHO'S   ACTIVE    IN    THE   JUNIOR    CHARITY    LEAGUE   .    .    . 
f-~      PICTURED  WEARING  A  SWEDISH  PRINT  GOWN  WITH   GRAPE  MOTIF 
REPEATED   ON   HER  HAT;  JbOTH   BY  MARSHA  OF   CALIFORNIA. 
MRS.  GRAHAM'S  BABY  DAUGHTER  HAS  INSPIRED  HER  TO  DEVOTE  HER 
ARTISTIC  TALENTS  TO  NURSERY 'PICTURES. 


*  I 


vertica 


: 


Same    Divisions    .    .    .    Changing    Tones    Changes    the    lllusil 


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Slenderizes  Slenderizes 


Center  division  carries  eyes  up  and 
down  .  .  adding  length  .  .  slen- 
derizing 


Broadens 


Most   Slenderizing 
of   three 


Broadens 


Lines     close    Jo  Dramatizing     cen-     Emphasizing      thel 

sides.     We     are  ter    is     most    slen-      sides    adds   width  [ 

made       consciojs  derizing   of   three 
of    width 


is  made  important 


n   a   series 


Will  stripes  make  me  look  thinner?  Can  I  wear  a  skirt 
that  is  pleated  all  around?  Will  I  look  wider  in  a  five- 
gore  skirt,  or  will  I  appear  thinner  with  a  single  seam 
down  the  center?  How  about  a  colored  panel?  Should  it 
be  wide  or  narrow,  in  the  center  or  at  the  side? 

'  These  are  questions  involving  vertical  divisions  that 
many  of  us  wonder  about  when  we  select  our  clothes. 
There  are  no  stock  answers.  The  answer  depends  on 
understanding  the  tricks  of  grouping  and  dividing  a  space 
with  verticals  to  get  the  effect  we  want.  In  order  to  make 
this  principle  clear,  I  have  divided  the  same  sized  rec- 
tangles to  illustrate  how  you  can  give  the  illusion  of  more 
length  or  more  width,  by  guiding  the  eyes  with  various 
groupings  and  change  of  tone. 

The  center  division  in  the  first  rectangle  carries  your 
eyes  up  and  down,  adding  length.  This  is  emphasized  in 
the  dress  below  by  the  path  made  by  the  little  bows.  In 
the  second  rectangle  the  dominating  interest  is  still  ver- 
tical. The  center  panel  in  the  dress  illustrating  this  example 
sends  attention  up  and  down,  again  adding  length. 

There  are  three  variations  of  the  third  division.  Chang- 
ing the  tone  changes  the  illusion  in  each  example.  3a 
adds  width  because  the  lines  are  so  close  to  the  outside 
edges  that  we  are  made  conscious  of  the  sides  instead  of 
the  length.  This  is  clearly  seen  in  the  dress  below.  3b 
shows  how  the  same  basic  division,  dramatized  by  chang- 
ing the  tone  through  the  center,  has  a  slenderizing  effect. 
In  3c  we  have  deliberately  made  the  sides  more  attrac- 
tive. This  definitely  adds  width.  Thus  you  can  readily  see 
that  a  dress  with  the  same  basic  lines  can  be  changed 
from  a  slenderizing  to  a  broadening  model. 

In  the  last  four  examples  I  have  applied  the  principles 
in  the  rectangles  to  parts  of  the  figure,  rather  than  to 
the  whole,  because,  in  many  instances,  we  are  concerned 
only  with  improving  the  blouse  or  the  skirt.  Number  four 
shows  divisions  regularly  repeated,  sufficiently  close  to- 
gether so  that  our  eyes  travel  across  instead  of  down. 
This  tends  to  broaden.  Such  a  skirt  might  be  box-pleated, 
or  perhaps  a  wide  chalk-stripe.  In  figure  five,  where  the 
vertical  lines  are  so  close  together,  their  effect  is  neu- 
tralized. You  are  conscious  of  texture,  rather  than  line. 
The  closely-striped  or  knife-pleated  skirt  in  the  illustration 
tends  to  slenderize.  You  see  the  silhouette,  rather  than 
the  inner  divisions.  And  you  can,  of  course,  apply  these 


peated  twice.  The  rectangles  are  divided  in  arithmetically 
decreasing  proportions.  This  rhythm  carries  our  eyes 
across  and  increases  the  width.  In  the  first  blouse  the 

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tions  change.  Emphasizing  the  middle  panel  in  the  second 
blouse  sends  our  eyes  up  and  down.  This,  therefore,  is 


orence  shuman 


When  you  shop  for  new  clothes  keep  these  principles 
in  mind.  By  matching  or  changing  buttons  down  the  per- 
ennial shirtmaker  dress,  you  may  detract  from  a  line  that 
is  forcing  attention  to  your  length  or  width.  Try  on  a  prob- 
lem dress.  If  you  look  too  wide,  pin  all  the  extra  flare  out 
of  the  skirt.  Add  some  interest  to  make  the  eyes  travel 
down  the  center.  A  colored  band,  applique  embroidery 
or  contrasting  buttons  are  some  of  the  things  you  can  use. 
Remember,  you  can  subdue  or  accent  the  vertical  lines 
at  will.  It's  all  in  knowing  howl 


LONG  BEACH   MAY   BE   A   HAVEN   FOR   RETIRECK  MIDDLE 

WESTERNERS,   BUT   IT  CERTAINLY   ISN'T   ONE\  FOR 

THE  POOR   FISHI   THEY'RE   NOT  ONLY  PULLED  OUT  OF   ITS  WATERS 

FOR  THE   GUSTATORY   PLEASURES   OF  THE   RESIDENTS,  THEY'RE 

SENT,   VIA  TIN   CANS,  TO  ALL   PARTS  OF 

THE   WORLD.  SO  . .  WITH   PLENTY  OF   FISH  AND  PLENTY  OF  COOKS 

WHO   KNOW   BEST  HOW  TO   PREPARE  THEM, 

SOME   MIGHTY  GOOD  RECIPES  SHOULD  COME  OUT 

OF  THIS  CITY . .  AND  THEY  DO  . . 


! J|  The  Nav\  is  everywhere  in  Long  Beach  .  .  . ,af\e 
reason  the  cuisine  is  so  cosmopolitan.  Navy-wives 
get  around,  an<J  on  their  rounds  they  colleefrecipes. 
Here  is  one  thay  might  have  picked/up  in  India 
or  in  England,  But  more  likely  in^The  Islands." 
I  won't  call  this  an  Hawaiian  oorry.  though,  there 
are  too  many  connoisseurs  jtfno  would  scream  be 
cause  it  contains  no  opcoamut  milk. 
mariner's  curry  AriprosBifleshed  fish  will  do  for 
this,  but  halibuf?>*tfhich  is  plentrTilT~a«iund  Long 
Beach,  is  specially  good.  Have  two  and  a 
pounds  of  it  boned  and  skinned,  but  be  sure  you 
get  those  trimmings.  Cut  it  in  medium  pieces. 
Cover  the  trimmings  with  two  cups  of  water  and 
simmer  for  a  half  hour.  Melt  a  quarter  of  a  cup  of 
butter,  and  in  it  saute  a  medium  onion,  well  minced, 


64 


/ 


and  a  squashed  clove  of  garlic.  When  the  onion 
is  a  delicate  brown,  remove  the  garlic,  then  add 
two  tablespoons  of  fresh  curry  powder  and  a  quar- 
ter of  a  cup  of  flour  to  the  onion,  and  cook  slowly 
for  four  minutes,  not  allowing  it  to  brown.  Now 
pour  in  two  cups  of  fish  stock  (that's  what  you 
made  with  the  trimmings).  Stir  till  smooth,  then 
add  an  apple  which  has  been  chopped.  This  is 
allowed  to  simmer  for  five  minutes,  then  the  fish 
and  a  cup  of  milk  are  tossed  in.  (If  you  really 
want  to  go  native,  add  cocoanut  milk  instead  of  the 
milk.  Make  it  this  way:  grate  a  fresh  cocoanut, 
cover  it  with  the  liquid  which  is  inside  it  plus 
enough  boiling  water  to  make  one  cup,  then  let  it 
stand  for  fifteen  minutes.  Now  squeeze  it  through 
a  cheesecloth,  extracting  every  bit  of  cocoanut 
milk).  Cook  until  the  fish  is  done,  which  is  as 
soon  as  it  has  lost  all  its  transparent  look,  and 
serve  with  flaky  boiled  rice  and  chutney  and/or 
baked  bananas.  And  if  you  want  to  make  a  luau 
oirj  of  it,  add  other  condiments  to  your  feast. 
Fresh  cocoanut,  crisp  fried  bacon,  chopped  nuts 
.  .  .  any  kind  .  .  .  almonds,  peanuts,  cashews, 
macadamia  nuts  .  .  .  chopped  hard  boiled  eggs, 
minced  green  onions,  dried  shrimp>-or  Bombay 
duck.  Bombay  duck  is  a  dried L^fsjr  called  the 
Bummalo  and  is  more  apt  tojQJfe  found  with  an 
Indian  curry  than  with  an  Hawaiian  one.  A  good 
substitute  for  it  is  made/by  toasting  long  shreds 
of  salted  codfish.  TlnVis  less  odorous  .  .  .  shall  I 
say  .  .  .  and  perkaps  more  acceptable  to  those 
whose  noses  weren't  educated  in  India. 

All  the  fiire  cooks  in  Long  Beach  aren't  Navy 
wives.  Tkere  are,  for  instance,  the  good  wives  of 
the  Mradle  West.  True,  they  didn't  bring  many 
sea-food  recipes  with  them  when  they  came  to  the 
romised  Land,  but  it  didn't  take  them  long  to 
learn  how  best  to  prepare  their  new-found  food. 
It  was  just  doin'  what  comes  natcherly.  Simplicity 
is  the  keynote  of  the  cooking  of  Kansas  and  Iowa, 
Missouri  and  Minnesota,  so  it  was  foreordained 
that  they  should  choose  unpretentious  recipes  as 
their  own.  Take  filet  of  sole  .  .  .  there  are  hun- 
dreds of  recipes  for  its  preparation  .  .  .  some  so 
elaborate  with  sauce  and  garnishes  that  one  is 
barely  aware  that  the  dish  contains  anything  so 
lowly  as  fish.  And  yet  one  of  the  most  wonderful 
ways  to  cook  it  is  the  simplest  .  .  .  it's  cooked 
with  almonds,  California  almonds,  of  course,  and  if 
you  had  it  in  France  you  would  be  having  Sole 
Amandine.  Not  so  in  Long  Beach,  they  call  it 
filet  of  sole  with  almonds  Pour  boiling  wa- 
ter over  a  quarter  of  a  cup  of  shelled  almonds 
and  let  stand  seven  or  eight  minutes.  Slip  off  the 
skins,  and  while  the  nuts  are  still  hot  cut  them 
into  thin  slivers,  then  spread  them  out  on  a  cookie 
sheet  and  dry  them  in  a  medium  oven  for  about 
ten  minutes.  Select  four  small  filets  of  sole  and 
saute  them  gently  over  a  low  flame,  using  a  quar- 
ter of  a  cup  of  butter.  When  they  are  the  color 
irnia  gold,  remove  them  to  a  hot  platter, 
then  toss  uie~""s"rrvese4__almonds  into  the  hot  butter 
in   the  pan.    Add  anomeT~qtM«tercup   of  butter, 


and  allow  the  almonds  to  brown  very  lightly. 
Squeeze  the  juice  of  a  half  lemon  into  the  sauce, 
then  pour  over  the  plattered  fish.  Garnish  with 
lemon  and  parsley,  of  all  things! 

No  part  of  California  cuisine  can  escape  the 
Spanish  influence,  least  of  all  Long  Beach.  Bar- 
racuda, an  all-year  favorite  in  Southern  California, 
will  have  an  al  sur  de  la  frontera  flavor  if  you  pre- 
pare it  this  way: 

barracuda  san  pedro  style  Place  a  6-pound 
barracuda  in  a  shallow  baking  dish  and  sprinkle 
with  a  mixture  of  two  teaspoons  salt,  one  tea- 
spoon chili  powder  and  a  quarter  teaspoon  of 
oregano.  Mix  together  a  quarter  cup  each  of  minced 
green  pepper,  onion  and  parsley,  and  spread  over 
the  fish,  then  lay  thick  slices  of  fresh  tomato  on 
top.  Sprinkle  the  whole  with  two  tablespoons  of 
olive  oil  and  bake  for  an  hour  at  425°,  basting 
several  times  during  the  cooking.  Who  says  that 
Mexicans  live  on  tamales? 

Abalone  is  California's  own — a  law  prohibits  its 
being  shipped  from  the  state,  except  for  a  few  cans 
of  trimmings.  These  abalone  trimmings  make  a 
divine  chowder,  though,  so  if  you're  away  from 
your  favorite  state  you  can  still  have  your  favorite 
shellfish,  in  one  form  anyway.  An  abalone  chow- 
der came  to  Long  Beach  by  way  of  New  England. 
Indeed,  it  wouldn't  be  stretching  things  too  far  to 
guess  that  those  one-time  owners  of  Long  Beach, 
Yankees  John  Temple  and  Abel  Stearns,  first  had 
the  idea  of  making  chowder  with  the  huge  mollusks 
they  found  so  plentiful  in  their  new  home.  Cer- 
tainly abalone  chowder  is  where  that  Yankee  in- 
fluence comes  in. 

abalone  chowder  If  you  are  using  fresh  aba- 
lone, purchase  a  pound  of  it  and  have  it  cut  in 
steaks  and  pound  it.  Cook  it  in  three  cups  of  salted 
water,  which  has  had  a  sprig  of  thyme  added,  for 
an  hour  and  a  quarter,  or  until  tender.  When 
done,  put  through  the  food  grinder,  using  the  me- 
dium knife.  Return  to  the  liquid.  (If  you  are  using 
canned  minced  abalone,  use  four  ^-lb.  tins  or  two 
l^>-lb.  tins,  and  cover  with  three  cups  of  boiling 
water.  From  here  on  the  procedure  is  the  same) . 
Dice  a  quarter  of  a  pound  of  salt  pork  and  fry  to 
a  beautiful  amber  crispness.  Remove  pork  and  save, 
then  add  a  large  onion,  sliced  thin,  and  cook  it  in 
the  pork  fat  until  it,  too,  is  a  lovely  brown.  Two 
cups  of  raw  diced  potatoes  are  now  added  to  the 
abalone  and  liquid,  along  with  the  onions  and  fat 
in  the  pan.  When  the  potatoes  are  tender,  add 
the  cubes  of  crispy  pork,  a  tablespoon  of  butter, 
and  two  cups  of  very  rich  milk.  As  soon  as  it  is 
again  hot,  serve  with  pilot  biscuits.  This  same 
recipe  may  be  used  for  a  New  England  clam  or 
fish  chowder  by  merely  substituting  clams  or  fish 
for  the  abalone.    Mmm!    Good. 


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Long  Beach  .  .  .  Willmore's  Dream 


(Continued  from  page  33) 
was    given    to    one    Manuel    Nieto,    a    soldier. 
Its   southern   edge   embraced   the   present   city 
of  Long  Beach.  That  was  in  1784. 

By  the  time  California  had  become  Mexi- 
can territory,  Rancho  Los  Nietos  had  been 
"sub-divided"  into  five  ranches.  One,  Rancho 
Los  Cerritos,  or  Ranch  of  the  Little  Hills, 
had  fallen  to  a  daughter  of  Manuel  Nieto. 
Another,  Rancho  Los  Alamitos,  was  in  the 
hands  of  a  son.  Each  had  nearly  thirty  thou- 
sand acres,  and  the  boundary  line  between 
them  ran  down  from  Signal  Hill,  along  Ala- 
mitos Avenue,  to  the  ocean  front.  Los  Cerritos, 
containing  most  of  Long  Beach,  was  to  the 
west,   Los   Alamitos  to   the  east. 

Enter  now  two  Yankee  adventurers  .  .  both 
of  whom  came  to  the  pueblo  of  Los  Angeles 
and  eventually  sought  Mexican  citizenship: 
John  Temple,  who  married  an  heir  to  Los 
Cerritos,    and   Abel   Stearns. 

Temple  purchased  the  "Farm  of  the  Cerritos, 
which  contains  five  leagues  for  neat  cattle,  a 
little  more  or  less,"  as  the  deed  read.  Stearns 
bought  Los  Alamitos  for  $500.  Governor  Jose 
Figueroa  had  held  it  briefly  meanwhile,  but 
never  lived  on  it.  Thus  Stearns  and  Temple 
became  neighbors  and  the  sole  inhabitants 
of  Long  Beach.  Here,  a  century  before  the 
horseshoe  pitchers  pitched  their  derndest  at 
the  Iowa  picnics  .  .  Stearns  and  Temple  con- 
cocted a  little  sport  of  their  own. 

Once  a  year  vaqueros,  friends  and  servants 
of  the  friendly  rivals  would  gather  at  a  point 
on  Signal  Hill  to  watch  and  bet.  John 
Temple  and  Abel  Stearns  would  mount  their 
horses  and  race  the  four  miles  down  Alamitos 
Avenue,  along  their  property  line  to  the  surf, 
and  four  miles  back.  The  winner  then  would 
invite  all  to  his  hacienda.  An  ox  would  be 
barbecued  and  a  cask  of  wine  opened :  there 
would  be  an  impromptu  bullfight  in  the  barn- 
yard and  a  fandango  in  the  courtyard. 

When  Commodore  Stockton  marched  on 
Los  Angeles  and  raised  the  American  flag  one 
hundred  and  one  years  ago,  it  was  John 
"Don  Juan"  Temple,  the  Yankee-Mexican, 
whom  he  installed  as  first  alcade  or  mayor  of 
the  city.  But  the  victory  was  short  lived  and 
when  the  Los  Angelenos  ran  him  out  of  town 
Temple  returned  to  Los  Cerritos.  Misfortune 
of  a  more  grievous  kind,  however,  overtook 
both  Temple  and  Stearns.  The  terrible  drought 
of  the  sixties  wiped  out  thousands  of  their 
cattle   and   left   both   men   virtually   bankrupt. 

In  the  meantime  eight  sons  and  two  daugh- 
ters of  Puritan  settlers  Amasa  and  Fanny 
Bixbv  had,  one  by  one,  drifted  from  Maine 
and  Massachusetts  to  California  .  .  along  with 
a  few  cousins  and  other  kin,  including  the 
Flint  family.  Unsuccessful  gold  rushers,  they 
turned  to  ranching.  Thus,  eventually  it  came 
about  that  the  Bixbys  and  the  Flints,  or  cer- 
tain of  them,  came  into  possession  of  both  the 
Los  Cerritos  and  Los  Alamitos  Ranchos.  There 
were  Llewellyn,  Jotham  and  John  W.  Bixbv 
and  Benjamin  and  Thomas  Flint.  They  stocked 
the  ranches  with  sheep  and  started  a  familv 
dynasty  that  has  left  their  descendants  still 
the  landed  gentrv  of  Lone  Bearb. 
THE  BOOM:  William  Erwin  Willmnre  had 
acquired  the  right  from  the  Bixbys  in  1882 
to  subdivide  the  magnificent  shores  of  Los 
Cerritos.  And  he  persuaded  sixty  families  of 
prospective  colonizers  to  come  out  from  Kan- 
sas City  to  look  over  his  little  seaside  resort. 
All  but  a  few  visionaries  like  himself  turned 
back,  and  within  two  years  the  unhappy  man's 
bubble  had  burst. 

But  the  boom  of  the  middle  eighties  soon 
swept  over  Southern  California  in  the  first 
great  westward  migration  since  the  Gold  Rush. 
Not  even  the  mud  flats  of  floundering  Will- 
more  City  escaped.  In  new  hands,  Long  Beach 
caught  on.  By  1888  the  city  was  incorporated 
and  the  first  Chautauqua  Assembly  on  the 
Pacific  Coast  .  .  granddaddy  of  the  spirit  that 
fosters  the  Spit  V  Argue  Club  and  the  I"wa 
picnics    .    .    was    held    there    that    year.    Two 


years  later  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  wasl 
formed.    Long  Beach  had  arrived. 

Long  Beach  was  then,  as  it  remained  until 
recent  years,  a  "blue  nose"  town.  The  first 
official  act  of  the  first  city  council  was  to 
pass  an  ordinance  prohibiting  saloons.  Indeed,! 
before  that  the  very  sale  of  subdivided  lots 
contained  reversion  clauses  in  the  event  of 
the  sale  of  liquor  on  the  premises. 

The  beach,  until  the  roaring  twenties,  was 
more  beautiful  than  its  bathers.  As  recently 
as  1921  the  city  fined  would-be  bathing 
beauties  $300  if  their  costumes  did  not  ".  .  . 
completely  conceal  all  that  portion  of  the 
body  from  a  line  even  with  the  upper  part 
of  the  arm  pits  to  a  line  around  the  leg  one- 
third  of  the  way  to  the  knee  joint  .  .  .  and 
a  skirt  of  opaque  material  hanging  loosely 
to  the  bottom  of  the  suit."  It  is  different  to- 
day and  more  than  one  movie  star  has  first 
exposed  all  that  is  exposable  of  her  natural 
talents  in  a  Long  Beach  bathing  beauty  con- 
test. In  fact  the  extraordinary  physical  prog- 
ress and  cultural  transition  of  the  last  decade 
may  be  said  to  have  been  accomplished  by 
leaps  and  blondes. 

SPEED  BOATS  AND  HORSE  SHOES:  Long 
Beach  originally  was  almost  purely  a  resort 
city.  A  paternal  city  government  always  has 
provided  for  the  recreation  of,  first,  its  resi- 
dents, and,  second,  its  visitors.  Thus  it  is  not 
surprising  that  the  first  Long  Beach  bond  issue 
was  for  construction  of  the  first  municipally 
owned  pier  in  California.  This  soon  was  fol- 
lowed by  a  pavilion,  which  was  built  despite 
the  necessity  of  doing  some  fancy  circumvent- 
ing of  the  state  laws.  The  present  magnificent 
civic  auditorium,  resting  on  a  spit  of  filled 
land  jutting  into  a  lagoon  encircled  by  scenic 
Rainbow   Pier,   was  built   in   1928. 

Shrewdly,  the  civic  auditorium  is  also  well- 
designed,  as  is  the  city's  hospitality  and  play- 
time facilities,  for  housing  conventions.  This 
summer  the  United  States  Junior  Chamber  of 
Commerce  will  hold  its  first  western  conven- 
tion there,  and  fourteen  other  national  and 
international  gatherings  have  been  booked. 

On  an  open-air  platform  adjoining  one  end 
of  Rainbow  Pier  the  Recreation  Commission 
maintains  and  supervises  what  it  chooses  to 
call  the  "University  By  the  Sea"  .  .  for  the 
free  exercise  of  the  prerogative  to  speak  one's 
mind.  The  "University"  has  been  more  af- 
fectionately known  for  many  years  as  The 
Spit  'n'  Argue  Club.  Organized  on  a  self-gov- 
erning basis,  soap  box  orating  is  not  only  legal 
without  license,  but  encouraged.  Here  old 
duffers,  crackpots,  religious  fanatics  or  whom 
you  will  may  shout  their  pieces  to  the  open 
seas  over  the  heads  of  those  hundreds  who 
daily  lounge  in  the  benches  to  listen  and 
enjoy  the  salt  air.  Such  virile,  calamitous, 
crack-of-doom  speechifying  and  fist-shaking 
oratory  has  not  been  heard  elsewhere  since  the 
davs   of   the   Chautauquas. 

Long  Beach  provides  twenty-seven  major 
recreation  centers,  including  thirteen  parks. 
Under  slat-roofed  pergolas  along  the  beach 
front  or  in  Lincoln  Park  in  the  shadow  of 
the  City  Hall  oldsters  gather  at  their  card 
clubs  (city  dues:  $1  per  year),  horseshoes, 
shuffleboard,  lawn  bowling,  roque  (a  profes- 
sionalized, hard  court  version  of  croquet),  fly 
casting,  handicraft,  chess  and  checkers,  com- 
munity sings,  old-time  dancing  and  picnick- 
ing. 

But  Long  Beach  is  also  a  virile  playground 
and  sporting  center  for  the  fast  moving,  fash- 
ionable California  youth  of  today.  Southern 
exposure  windows  in  the  handsome,  height- 
limit  office  buildings  and  hotels  along  Ocean 
Boulevard  look  straight  down  upon  a  patch- 
work of  gailv  colored  beach  umbrellas  and 
milling  crowds  on  the  sand.  All  along  the 
eight  miles  of  beach,  mostly  city  owned,  it 
is  the  same.  At  the  east  end  a  one-time  swamp 
land  and  lagoon  area  is  now  a  fashionable, 
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THE     CAUFORNIAN,     May,      1947 


jKALDING  THE  SAILOR  DRESS  .  .  .with  its  full,  pleated  skirt,  its  long  torso  blouse  and  roll-back  collar. 

An  appealing  new  silhouette  with  sea-going  flair.    Designed  by  Hollywood  Premiere  in  Reltex  Air  Brigade 
fabric,  and  yours  in  copen  blue,  coral  or  aqua,  with  black,  navy  or  white  tie.  About  $23 
at  The  Broadway,   Hollywood.    Leslie-James  hat. 


PHIL  MARCH 


Long  Beach  .  .  .  Willmore's  Dream 


(Continued  from  page  66) 
sporty  resort.  There,  Belmont  Shores,  All- 
mitos  Bay,  Naples  and  the  Marine  Stadium 
exist  in  the  name  of  fun  and  outdoor  living. 
Here  are  speed  boats,  outboard  motorboat 
racing,  a  sea  scout  encampment,  college  row- 
ing races,  sailing,  fishing,  swimming,  sunning 
and  homes  with  private  pier  landings. 
THE  VANISHING  IOWAN:  Long  Beach  as 
"Iowa  by  the  Sea"  has  been  a  national  joke 
for  decades,  and  until  lately  very  nearly  a 
truth.  And,  until  lately.  Long  Beach  relished 
and  fostered  the  spreading  of  this  reputa- 
tion. But  the  Iowa  legend,  and  the  larger 
mid-westernism  which  it  symbolized,  is  slow- 
ly passing  from  the  scene.  It  is  not  yet  gone. 
Fifteen  years  ago  nearly  one  of  ten  of  its 
citizens  actually  had  his  roots  in  Iowa.  To- 
day there  is  only  one  of  thirty. 

When  Walter  H.  Case,  editor  of  the  Long 
Beach  Press-Telegram  (and  himself  an 
Iowan),  compiled  his  "History  of  Long  Beach" 
he  included  biographical  sketches  of  the  207 
leading  citizens  in  the  city's  history.  Ninety- 
nine  were  midwesterners.  and  Iowans  lead 
them   all. 

Long  Beach  Iowans  still  meet  monthly  for 
"covered  dish  dinners."  And  they  are  the  most 
potent  chapter  of  the  Southern  California 
Iowa  association  which  has  lured  turnouts 
of  100,000  to  its  big  Iowa  Picnics  .  .  .  regu- 
larly attended  by  the  governors  of  Iowa.  Hor- 
ace Boise,  governor  of  Iowa  in  1876,  retired 
to  Long  Beach  and  died  there.  Others,  like 
eighty-six-year-old  John  G.  Spielman.  long- 
time manager  of  the  Long  Beach  Iowa  Asso- 
ciation, "came  out  here  to  die  and  made  a 
damned  bad  job  of  it."'  California's  Governor 
Frank  F.  Merriam  (1934-1938)  served  in  the 
Iowa    state    legislature    and    was    Iowa    state 


auditor  before  moving  to   Long  Beach. 

Most  of  the  midwesterners  who  came  to 
Long  Beach  until  the  mid  twenties  came  to 
retire.  They  had  become  modestly  wealthy 
and  were  ready  to  sit  down  on  the  beach  and 
clip  coupons.  They  were  good  citizens  and 
an  asset  to  the  California  community.  They 
brought  with  them  and  transplanted  a  middle- 
western,  rural  way  of  life,  which,  in  its  new 
and  strange  habitat,  has  made  a  permanent 
contribution  to  American  folklore. 

When  depression  hit,  Long  Beach  was  a 
fertile  seeding  ground  and  the  natural  birth- 
place for  the  Townsend  Old  Age  Pension 
Plan.  For  Long  Beach  was  still,  like  Pasa- 
dena, a  city  of  retired  oldsters  dependent 
upon   invested   income. 

The  rural  folksy  charm  of  Long  Beach 
is  threatened,  but  it  is  not  dead.  Unlike  Los 
Angeles,  the  city  is  still  too  young  to  have 
lost  or  absorbed  the  elements  of  its  origin. 
Civic  factions  are  divided  between  those  who 
would  slip  a  coat  over  grandpa's  shoulders 
to  hide  his  suspenders,  and  those  who  would 
snap  them  defiantly  and  unashamedly.  A 
Curb  Market  is  still  operated  as  a  division 
of  the  city  government  every  Tuesday,  Thurs- 
day and  Saturday  morning  until  noon  at  the 
side  of  Lincoln  Park,  a  block  from  the  city- 
hall.  The  scene  is  like  market  day  in  any 
small  midwestern  town.  And  it  is  still  legal 
in  Long  Beach  to  drive  your  two-seated  elec- 
tric perambulator  on  the  downtown  sidewalks 
.  .  park  it  in  Buffums'  entrance  way,  if  you 
wish,  while  vou  go  shopping. 
PRUNING  THE  TREE:  At  5:54  p.m.,  March 
10,  1933.  without  warning,  it  struck.  It  hit 
nearly  all  of  Los  Angeles  and  Orange  coun- 
ties. But  it  hit  Long  Beach  hardest.  When 
the    city's    tally    was    finally    up    there    were 


OF    CALIFORNIA 


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•  And  he  sells  plenty  of  'em 

fifty-two  dead  and  nearly  a  thousand  injurec 
in  the  worst  earthquake  catastrophe  in  South 
ern  California  history.  And  within  the  nex 
three  weeks  there  were  seventy  lesser  shocks 
People  camped  in  the  parks,  on  the  beach 
in  their  yards,  or  slept  in  their  cars  for  mam 
nights. 

Thousands  left  the  city  .  .  but  most  of  then 
returned  later  and  helped  rebuild.  Properh 
values  slumped,  but  soon  recovered  to  recorc 
highs.  Some  stores  closed,  but  a  month  latei 
reported  the  biggest  sales  volume  of  the  de- 
pression period.  The  United  States  Senate 
voted  five  million  dollars  to  aid  the  Strieker 
city.  But  Long  Beach  refused  "Federal  char 
ity":  asked  for  and  got  a  loan  instead.  The 
entire  system  of  forty  schools  had  to  be  re- 
built, as  well  as  scores  of  public  and  privates 
buildings. 

Thus,  in  retrospect,  the  tragic  earthquake 
had  merely  pruned  the  tree.  It  accelerated  the 
modernization  of  Long  Beach  and  may  be 
pointed  to  as  the  turning  point  in  the  transi 
tion  from  a  seaside  resort  for  retired  Iowans 
to  its  full  maturity  as  a  western  playground, 
a    great    industrial    city,    an    important    port 

Today  stock  broker  Ralph  Murray's  petite 
wife  no  longer  has  to  go  to  Los  Angeles  to 
buy  a  smart  outfit  in  size  9.  She  can  get  it 
at  Buffums".  or  she  can  shop  along  the 
smart  row  of  new  specialty  stores  on  Ocean 
Boulevard.  A  housewife  in  Huntington  Park 
shops  in  Long  Beach  because  she  can  find 
what  she  wants:  go  about  it  leisurely  and  in 
comfort :  avoid  the  traffic  crush :  and  the  ex- 
tra miles  be  hanged. 

Thus  Long  Beach  today  has  become  the 
shopping  center  for  seventy-two  neighboring 
communities,  totalling  three-quarters  of  a 
million  people.  Nearly  one-fourth  of  the 
charge  customers  in  Lone  Beach  stores  reside 
outside  the  city.  In  1945  retail  sales  hit  a 
gigantic  8237,500,000.  Aside  from  the  swank 
new  shops,  like  Irene  Berke's.  facing  the 
ocean  front,  an  imitation  of  Los  Angeles 
"Miracle  Mile"  is  well  along  as  a  new  de- 
velopment in  the  Bixby  Knolls  section.  There, 
on  Atlantic  Avenue,  with  the  modernistic 
shops  and  elaborate  eateries,  is  located  the 
first  pre-fabricated  motion  picture  theater  in 
the   world. 

But  while  Long  Beach  discards  its  calico 
for  the  smart  fashions  of  a  California  resort 
city,  it  also  must  begin  to  suffer  the  under- 
current of  disturbances  inevitable  to  any  giant, 
thriving    metropolis. 

RECOVERING  THE  BALL:  The  two  greatestl 
things  in  the  industrial  life  and  progress  of 
Long  Beach  are  its  oil  and  its  port.  Their 
success  stories  are  inseparable. 

Long  Beach  chuckles  smugly  over  its 
shrewd  achievement  and  financial  stability  in 
the  operation  of  its  oil  business  and  the  de- 
velopment of  its  harbor.  It  may  be  justly U 
proud.  But  it  wasn't  always  so.  For  Long  I 
Beach  fumbled  the  ball  on  Signal  Hill  and ; ,] 
recovered  it.  twelve  years  later,  on  Terminal 
Island. 

The  retired  residents  of  the  seaside  resort 
of  Long  Beach  had  their  eyes  on  the  garden- 
covered  Signal  Hill  back  of  the  city.  It  would 
make  one  of  the  finest  residential  subdivi- 
sions in  Southern  California,  in  time.  So  the 
city  resisted,  unsuccessfully,  the  efforts  to 
drill  there  for  oil  .  .  fighting  it  with  pro- 
hibitive taxes. 

(Continued  on  page  70) 


THE      CALIFORNIAN,      May,      1947 


I>«'i-:nis«'  (he  citizens  of   Long  Beach  felt 

that  il  was  just  as  necessary  to  subsidize  art  as  to 

underwrite  picnic  grounds,  Camilla  Wicks  is  a  concert 

violinist  .  .  .  the  world  acclaims  her  music 

and   the  vision  of  her  townspeople  .  .  . 


the  peoples  prodigy 


Fifteen  years  ago  in  Long  Beach,  California. 

little  tow-headed  girl,  age  three,  stood  on  the 
plain  rug  in  the  parlor  of  a  modest  bungalow, 
ingering  a  half-size  violin.  It  wasn't  a  toy  that 
)apa  Ingold  had  just  given  her  with  loving 
lands  .  .  it  was  real  .  .  with  real  strings  .  . 
ind  a  real  horsehair  bow  .  .  mama  LaNora 
was  poised  at  the  piano  to  accompany  her  .  . 
little  Camilla  Wicks  was  to  have  her  first  violin 
Jesson  .  . 

Today  the  world   praises  her  artistry. 


The  road  was  spectacular,  but  not  easy.  Ingold 
Wicks,  the  composer,  had  played  the  violin  in 
his  native  Norway.  In  his  daughter  he  visual- 
ized the  medium  for  the  finest  exemplification 
of  his  art.  Camilla  worked  .  .  hard  .  .  gave  up 
fun  at  the  beach  to  practice  .  .  practice  .  .  each 
day  .  .  month  .  .  year  .  .  successfully  carried 
a  full  program  of  school  work  and  enjoyed,  too, 
the  active  sports  and  entertainments  of  other 
normal  girls  her  age. 

At  eight  the  young  violinist  had  memorized 
seven  standard  concertos  and  numerous  other 
compositions,  played  solos  with  the  Long  Beach 
Federal  Orchestra  and  the  local  Chamber  Music 
Society.  One  year  later,  after  her  return  from 
New  York  where  she  studied  with  Louis  Per- 
singer,  Camilla  was  scheduled  to  play  the  diffi- 
cult Bruch  Concerto  with  the  Los  Angeles  Fed- 
eral Symphony.  After  the  first  rehearsal,  as  the 
young  musician  laid  down  her  bow.  the  ninety- 
four  men  in  the  organization  rose  to  their  feet 
in  spontaneous  tribute  to  her  unusual   playing. 

Long  Beach  was  proud  of  Camilla  Wicks. 
Recognizing  that  local  talent  is  as  deserving 
of  support  as  local  parks  or  recreation  cen- 
ters, the  people  of  Camilla's  town  got  together 
to  establish  a  trust  fund  for  her  musical  edu- 
cation. In  a  city-wide  movement,  backed  by 
music  and  service  clubs,  by  men's  organizations 


and  countless  civic  groups,  enough  money  was 
raised  to  start  the  young  violinist,  both  literally 
and  figuratively,  on  the  road  to  fame. 

Camilla  did  not  disappoint  her  supporters.  In 
New  York  she  won  a  four-year  scholarship  to 
Juilliard  School  of  Music,  the  youngest  person 
to  receive  this  honor.  On  February  25,  1942. 
when  she  was  13,  she  made  her  debut  in  Town 
Hall.  Critics  and  public  alike  received  her 
playing  with  unqualified  admiration  and  the 
long-awaited  performance  was  a  success. 

In  1943  the  California  girl  won  an  award 
of  $500  and  an  opportunity  to  appear  as  solo- 
ist with  Alfred  Wallenstein  and  his  Los  An- 
geles Philharmonic  Orchestra.  Still  later  that 
year  she  broadcast  with  the  New  York  Philhar- 
monic Symphony  in  Carnegie  Hall,  under  the 
direction  of  Artur  Rodzinski. 

Miss  Wicks'  greatest  triumph  came  one  moon- 
lit evening  last  July  when  she  thrilled  thou- 
sands of  Southern  Californians  in  the  famous 
Hollywood  Bowl.  She  played,  superbly,  Wieni- 
awski's  Second  Violin  Concerto  under  the  baton 
of  Leopold  Stokowski. 

This  summer  her  music  will  have  an  even 
wider  audience.  With  father  and  mother,  the 
young  violinist  will  sail  for  Norway  on  a  com- 
bination concert  and  pleasure  tour.  After  vaca- 
tioning on  an  island  near  Molde,  where  her 
father  lived  before  coming  to  America,  Camilla 
plans  to  concertize  in  several  Scandinavian 
countries  where  her  reputation  already  has 
spread. 

But  her  musical  education  ie  by  no  means 
complete.  For  several  years  she  has  studied 
with  Louis  Persinger  in  New  York,  received 
coaching  from  Henri  Temianka  while  she  is 
home  in  California.  Each  day,  each  concert,  may 
find   her   technique  nearer  to  perfection. 

Long  Beach,  her  California  home,  is  very 
proud. 


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Long    Beach    .    . 

(Continued  from  page  68) 

Hence,  when  the  greatest  strike  in  history 
was  made  on  the  hill  in  1921,  Signal  Hill  be- 
came a  separate  city  and  remains  so  today, 
although  it  is  an  island  city  entirely  sur- 
rounded by  Long  Beach.  Long  Beach  picked 
up  the  loose  ends  from  its  muff  as  best  it 
could,  and  in  fifteen  years  profited  directly  to 
the  tune  of  a  paltry  ten  million  dollars  from 
the    black    gold    bonanza. 

The  discovery  in  the  thirties  of  the  Wil- 
mington Field  on  Terminal  Island,  along  the 
shore  to  either  side  of  the  Los  Angeles  River 


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mouth  and  under  the  sea.  was  somewhat  less 
spectacular  than  Signal  Hill.  But  today  it  is 
California's  most  productive  field.  Long  Beach 
did  not  fumble  the  ball  here.  Today  there 
are  1,500  wells  on  the  Long  Beach  side,  and  at 
last  count  the  city  owned  315  of  them,  mak- 
ing it  the  fifth  largest  independent  oil  opera- 
tor  in   the   state. 

The  city's  wells  are  operated  by  the  harbor 
department  and  the  proceeds  of  all  but  58 
of  them  go  into  the  port  development  pro- 
gram. 

Long  Beach  was  smart  again.  When  it  gave 
up  a  large  part  of  its  harbor  area  to  the 
United  States  Navy  under  a  one  dollar  con- 
demnation sale,  it  retained  the  right  to  take 
the  oil,  by  slant  drilling,  from  under  the 
Navy's  waters.  But  what  tickles  gloating  Long 
Beachers  is  the  coincidence  of  the  fault  line. 
It  corresponds  almost  exactly  with  the  Los 
Angeles-Long  Beach  boundary  line,  with  vir- 
tually all  the  oil  lying  on  the  Long  Beach 
side. 

Most  cities,  when  they  develop  or  expand 
their  harbors,  float  a  bond  issue.  In  Long 
Beach   they  just  drill  another  well. 

But  Willmore's  seaside  resort  is  not  for- 
gotten. Neither  the  oil  drilling  nor  the  har- 
bor development  are  permitted  to  spoil  the 
city's  attractiveness.  To  Los  Angelenos  their 
bond-built  harbor  is  merely  a  vague  but  pleas- 
ant statistic.  Long  Beach's  smaller  harbor,  on 
the  other  hand,  is  a  throbbing,  exciting  part  of 
every  citizen's  daily  life.  More  shipping 
left  from  its  Victory  Pier  during  World  War 
II  than  crossed  all  American  docks  combined 
in  World  War  I. 

Los  Angeles  has  long  urged  that  the  two 
harbors  be  operated  by  a  single,  joint  au- 
thority. But  oil  rich  Long  Beach  can  afford 
to  be  independent.  It  already  is  smarting  under 
one  piece  of  political  sculduggery  administered 
by  the  hand  of  its  neighbor.  The  Terminal 
Island  Naval  shipyards  and  the  home  port 
of  the  Pacific  Fleet  are  in  Long  Beach.  But  Los 
Angeles  wangled  the  post  office  location  for 
the  Navy  in  nearby  San  Pedro.  Hence,  the 
Pacific  Fleet's  post  office  address  is  Los  An- 
geles, and  graciously  Los  Angeles  accepts  all 
national  publicity  and  notice  as  the  home  of 
the  fleet. 


THAT  CONTINENTAL  TOUCH 

Three    Individual    heavy    cast   brass   ash    trays 
or    candy    dishes    which    will     lend    an    air    of 
distinction    to    your    home.    Each    embell  shed 
with   the  beautifully   modeled  crest  of   one  of 
three  world-famous  European  Hotels: 
Hotel  Bristol    (Vienna),  illustrated. 
Hotel   Elsenhut    (  Rothenburg) , 
Hotel  Villa  D'Este  (Lake  Como). 

Please  specify  name  when  ordering. 

$4.25  each,   or   S12.00   for  set  of  three. 
Postpaid  No  C.O.D.'s  please 

Add    lOc  a  tray   postage  west  of  the  Rockies. 

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But  big  industry  has  come  to  the  very  edge 
of  Long  Beach  port  facilities.  Henry  Ford  as- 
sembles cars  there,  Proctor  and  Gamble  makes 
soaps  there.  Kaiser-Frazer.  Douglas  Aviation 
and  North  American  Aviation  .  .  all  have  Long 
Beach  operations.  Home  industries  such  as 
fishing  thrive  there.  Long  Beach  has  put  on 
long    pants. 

In  66  years  Willmore's  disappointing  "Amer- 
ican Colony"  of  half  a  dozen  Kansas  fam- 
ilies has  mushroomed  from  utter  failure  to  a 
magnificent  city  of  300.000  persons.  It  stands 
today,  a  sparkling,  energetic  monument  to  the 
dream  of  a  forgotten  little  English  school 
teacher. 


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to  your  suit.  Washable,  of  embroidered 
Swiss  eyelet  batiste,  featuring  "Snap-Me 
On"  shoulder  pads. 

SIZES  34  AND  36,  WHITE  ONLY 
Send  $9.95,  check  or  money  order,  to 

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THE      CALIFORNIAN,      June,      194 


California  In  Books 


BY  HAZEL  ALLEN  PULLING 

June  in  California  .  .  .  vacation  days  when  thoughts  turn  eagerly 
toward  highway  and  byway  or  wistfully  toward  sundrenched  patio  and 
beach.  Whichever  wins,  vacation  time  in  California  is  made  the  more 
enchanting  if  previews  precede  and  overviews  accompany  her  long,  de- 
lightful days.  Books  on  California  will  reveal  and  interpret  her  many 
offerings;    read,  and   make   California   truly   yours. 

If  it's  highways  and  byways  that  win,  take  along  H.  Cyril  Johnson's 
compact  pamphlet,  "Scenic  Guide  to  Southern  California"  (Susanville, 
California,  Scenic  Guides,  1946.  103p.  SI),  and  its  twin  on  Northern 
California.  These  are  alphabetical  listings  of  points  of  interest  with 
brief  descriptions  of  locale  and  accounts  of  the  significance  of  each 
historic  spot.  Illustrated  with  photographs  and  sketch  maps,  these 
booklets  are  convenient   and   authoritative   guides   to   California. 

Before  you  go,  browse  through  the  colorful,  panoramic  views  of  Cali- 
fornia in  Pacific  Pathways:  the  West  in  Color  and  Story,  now  published 
in  one  volume  from  its  former  periodical  form.  (Long  Beach,  B.  and  N. 
Publishing  Co.,  1947.  May-October  issues  1946.  $2.50).  Its  enticing 
pictures  will  lure  you  to  California's  beauty  spots,  and  its  articles 
on  her  past  and  present  will  inform  and  entertain  you. 

But  if  patio  and  beach  claim  your  vacation  days,  you  will  find  re- 
laxation and  a  wealth  of  California  lore  in  two  recent  novels.  "Lillian 
Janet's"  Touchstone  (Rinehart,  1947.  346  p.  $3),  and  Idwal  Jones' 
Vermilion  (Prentice-Hall,  1947.  495p.  S3),  both  family  sagas,  con- 
vincingly   infuse   life-blood    into    California's   many-sided    past. 

Touchstone,  by  Lillian  Ressler  and  Janet  Cicchetti,  is  a  skillfully  woven 
tale  of  Gold  Rush  days  whose  main  theme  lies  not  in  the  mines  but  in 
the  political,  financial,  and  emotional  backdrop  of  the  fervid  search  for 
gold.  Real  estate  and  the  sale  of  mining  supplies  provide  the  wealth 
sought  by  capable,  self-centered,  sensual  King  Delaney  and  his  sister-in- 
law,  Agnes;  the  mines  give  only  disillusion  and  heartbreak  to  John, 
Agnes'  husband.  The  children  of  the  two  Delaney  families,  each  in 
his  own  way,  fight  politics,  intrigues  and  disaster  to  win  personal 
happiness  whch  is  lost  to  Agnes  when  she  loses  King's  love.  Through 
a  nice  blending  of  historical  fact  with  fictional  theme,  the  authors  have 
revealed  with  truth  and  sincerity  the  period  of  California's  flamboyant 
youth. 

Vermilion  is  the  story  of  three  generations  of  a  family,  part  Cornish, 
part  Spanish,  whose  saga  begins  in  California  in  the  days  of  hide 
droghing  and  quicksilver  mining.  It  carries  us  through  the  San  Fran- 
cisco earthquake  of  1906,  and  back  again  to  the  worn-out  mines.  Cali- 
fornia's independence  in  1846,  her  annexation  by  the  United  States, 
the  Civil  War,  and  her  agricultural  and  mining  developments  are  traced 
through  the  activities  of  the  Cope  family,  descendants  of  rough,  old 
Pablo.  This  is  a  lusty  tale  written  in  prose  of  such  sensitive,  rich 
imagery  that  its  ruggedness  is  belied.  Deftly,  by  word  and  story,  the 
spirit,  the  flavor,  even  the  taste  and  color  of  California  are  caught.  It 
is  a  tale  that  will  fill  vacation  days  with  adventure  and  steep  you  in 
beauty  of  word,  sound,  and  picture. 

And  if  your  reading  taste  and  curiosity  run  to  other  phases  of  Cali- 
forniana.  let  me  know  your  desire.  Write  to  me  at  The  Californian. 


•  Penny-Saving  Food  Tips 


lut  sugar  into  the  water  in  which  you  are  cooking  cereal.  It  eliminates 
that  second  trip  to  the  sugar  bowl. 

Leave  a  little  of  the  flesh  with  the  skin  of  an  apple  when  paring: 
the  peel  and  cores  of  two  apples  will  make  one  glass  of  delicious  jelly. 

Toasted  brown  bread  makes  a  wonderful  foundation  for  Canadian- 
style  bacon  and  hot  applesauce. 

After  the  gingerbread  batter  is  in  the  pan,  put  in  overlapping  peeled 
apple  slices:   bake,  serve  with  orange  pudding  sauce. 

Serve  canned  sweet  potatoes  baked  with  orange  sections  in  a  casserole. 

Here's  a  new  muffin  tip:  lightly  add  cubes  of  canned  strained  cran- 
berry sauce  to  the  batter  of  plain  muffins  at  the  very  last  minute  before 
you  pour  into   baking   tins. 

Radish  tops  are  delicious  greens.  Cook  the  same  as  beet  greens,  either 
alone  or  with  beet  greens.  Spinach  also  is  a  good  blend  with  them. 

For  a  tasty  ice,  save  juice  from  canned  fruits,  mix,  and  pour  into 
freezing  trays.    Refreshing  and  inexpensive. 

]  Leftover  potatoes  may  be  mashed  with  melted  cheese,  formed  into 
•  small  loaves  about  three  inches  long  and  rolled  in  crushed  corn  flakes. 
I  Either  fry  them    or  heat  in   oven. 

I  Or  alternate  layers  of  leftover  mashed  potatoes  with  sliced  hard- 
looked  eggs,  topped  with  white  sauce,  heated  in  oven. 

Use  stale  bread  for  French  toast.  Beat  two  eggs,  add  1/3  cup  milk, 
1  tsp.  sugar  and  1/4  tsp.  salt.  Dip  four  slices  of  bread  in  this  mixture. 
!  Brown  very  slowly  in  butter  or  margarine  and  you'll  have  French  toast 
fit  for  a  king. 


THE     CALIFORNIAN,     June,     1947 


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Beach  coats  ore  essential  —  and  this  one  has 
matching  shorts,  bra,  and  pedal  pushers,  all  made 
of  Sanforized  cotton  twill  printed  on  aqua,  rose, 

or  powder  blue.  Sizes  10-20.  Sold 
separately  or  the  complete  ensemble,  under  $25. 
Write  us  for  name  of  store  nearest  you. 

W.  R.  DARLING  &  SON  •   127  E.  NINTH  STREET,  LOS  ANGELES   15,  CALIFORNIA 

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*"£vergloze"is  a  trade-mart  which  signifies  the 
fabric  has  been  finished  and  rested  according 
to  processes  and  standards  controlled  and 
prescribed  by  Joseph  Bancroft  &  Sons  Co. 


RIGHTEOUS  RING  ...  for  a  perfect  per- 
son .  .  .  based  on  the  four  points  of  right- 
eousness in  Confucianism:  right  living,  think- 
ign,  speaking,  and  doing.  The  ring,  like  life 
itself,  is  a  puzzle  that  can  be  solved  only 
by  knowing  its  secret.  Hand-made  to  order 
...  14k  gold,  S75;  sterling  silver  §18  (tax 
and  secret  included ! )  Send  size  to  "The  Idea 
Factory,"  837  W.  36th  Place,  Los  Angeles  7, 
Calif.  ...  or  to  Blumberg's,  Atlanta,  Georgia. 


CATALINA  MEMORY  FOB  .  .  .  reminis- 
cent  of  your  island  vacation  fun.  On  the  fob 
of  gold  or  silver  finish,  a  map  of  the  island 
with  significant  inscriptions  around  its  rim. 
The  matching  chain  is  a  handsome  large  link 
affair  .  .  .  with  the  look  of  the  sea  about 
it  About  SI  at  May  Co.,  Los  Angeles,  and 
other  fine  stores.  This  jewelry  charm  from 
Biltmore  Accessories,  846  S.  Broadway,  Los 
Angeles. 


CHOKER-EARRING  SET  .  .  .  summer 
cloud  white  and  just  as  soft  and  fleecy  look- 
ing is  the  Lillian  Barkow  design  of  very  tiny 
seed  beads.  Strand  upon  strand  intertwine 
to  make  the  rope-like  choker  about  half  an 
inch  thick.  A  striking  combination  .  .  .  white 
against  your  summer  tan.  Order  from  Dan- 
iels of  Beverly  Hills,  451  N.  Beverly  Drive, 
Beverly  Hills,  California.  The  choker,  §4.75; 
earrings,  S2.40;  or  have  the  set,  S7.15  com- 
plete. 


BELT  BEAUTY  .  .  .  this  belt  with  huge 
dressmaker  hooks  to  cinch  in  your  waistline 
is  smart  indeed  ...  its  three-inch  width  and 
simple  lines  dramatize  your  summer  favorites. 
Comes  in  luxurious  gold  kidskin,  about  §10.00. 
Same  style  in  buck-beige,  chestnut,  and  shiny 
black  cowhide,  about  §5.00.  Sizes  24-32.  At 
most  fine  stores  throughout  the  country,  or 
write  Phil  Sockett  Mfg.  Co.  (Est.  1925),  1240 
S.  Main,  Los  Angeles  15. 


SHOULDER  PADS  .  .  .  Jen-Ette  now  fea- 
tures snaps  on  all  pads.  Simply  snap  and  un- 
snap  them  each  time  the  garment  goes  to 
the  cleaners.  Illustrated,  the  new  blouse  pad 
.  .  .  thin  enough  to  fit  under  a  padded  suit 
.  .  has  just  enough  shape  to  give  one's 
blouse  a  smart  shoulder  line.  About  §1.75  at 
Wannamakers,  New  York  and  Philadelphia; 
J.  L.  Hudson,  Detroit;  May  Co.,  Los  Angeles. 
Or  write  Jen-Ette  Shoulder  Pad  Co.,  714  S. 
Los  Angeles  St.,  Los  Angeles,  California. 


THE     CALIFORNIAN,     June,      1947 


CARDMASTER  .  .  .  deals  one  at  a  time, 
has  tray  for  discards,  a  pull-drawer  for  stor- 
age. Gin  rummy  fans  especially  will  like  this 
unique  card  dealer.  Made  of  plastic  in  rich 
walnut  color  and  gay  Chinese  red.  Perfect 
for  games  outdoors  ...  a  special  feature 
of  its  design  keeps  cards  from  blowing  away. 
Priced  at  $1.59,  postpaid,  from  Novelty  Sales 
Co.,  1209  N.  Western  Avenue,  Hollywood  29, 
California. 


TO  SUIT  .  .  .  your  little  man  .  .  .  this 
precious  two-piecer  .  .  .  100%  wool,  hand- 
loomed  knit.  Choice  of  three  designs  .  .  . 
solid  top  with  animal  motif;  two-tone  with 
anchor  trim;  striped  sweater  with  ship  ap- 
pliqued.  Sizes  1-2-3.  Delightful  colors  .  .  . 
maize,  red,  copen,  blue  and  white.  An  orig- 
inal Knox  Knit.  Clearly  specify  designs  and 
colors  desired.  $8.95,  postpaid  in  the  U.  S., 
$9.50  elsewhere.  Address:  Margaret  of  Cali- 
fornia, 3335  Sunset,  Los  Angeles. 


SUN  SHINERS  ...  new  sun  glasses, 
goggle-big  (almost)  and  very  wide  rimmed  for 
striking  effect  in  the  new  bright  gold  or 
Rhodium  (silver).  Zephyr-light  for  your  com- 
fort. Special  anti-infra  lenses  with  a  soft  green 
cast.  An  important  accessory  to  your  outdoor 
summer  fun  days.  At  your  favorite  store  or 
.  .  .  write  Gloria  of  Hollywood,  142  N.  Larch- 
mont,  Hollywood,  California.  $10,  including 
leather  case,  postpaid. 


jEASY  DOES  IT  .  .  .  this  Artbeck  Baster, 
ingenious  kitchen  tool  .  .  .  for  basting  meat 
and  fowl  .  .  .  separating  grease  from  gravy, 
soup  or  stew  .  .  .  skimming  cream  from  milk. 
For  the  pastry  faneier,  it's  a  great  gadget 
for  trimmings  and  fillings.  Suggest  you  buy 
two,  one  for  your  own  home  and  one  for  a 
bridge  party  gift.  Order  from  Robert  Miller, 
Box  1176,  Beverly  Hills,  California.  Just  79c, 
postpaid. 


JTHE  CASE  FOR  MONEY  ...  a  four  way 
•affair  of  California  saddle  leather  in  natural 
color  .  .  .  finely  burnished  edges.  Billfold, 
icheckbook,  coin  purse  and  identification  card 
j  compartment.  With  all  this  .  .  .  still  a  thinly 
meat  wallet.  For  money  in  a  hurry,  just  flip 
the  flap  and  slip  out  a  bill  ...  no  unfold- 
ing, no  fumbling.  About  $8.50  plus  tax. 
If  not  available  at  your  favorite  store,  write 
Sandley,  629  S.  Hill,  Los  Angeles. 


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1 .  Lightweight  wool  and  rayon 
gabardine  slim  skirt,  tailored 
by  OHREN  in  black,  brown, 
navy,  cocoa,  gray,  beige,  blue. 
Sizes  10-18  88.95 

2.  Gibson  Girl  shirt  in  white  crepe 
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Sizes  32-38  $7.95 

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GOING  PLACES  AND  EATING  OUT 


GOING  PLACES  AND  EATING  OUT 

THE  CALIFORNIAN  presents  for  your  convenience  a  current  directory  of  the  finest  restaurants  in  Los 
Angeles  and  San  Francisco,  cultural  events  of  interest  and  activities  that  make  living  in  California  or  a 
visit  to  our  state  the  most  enjoyable  for  you  and  your  family.  Fine  foods  of  many  kinds  are  available  and 
wherever  possible  specialties  of  the  house  are  listed,  names  of  the  maitres  d'hotel  and  days  the  establish- 
ments   are    open.     Have   a    good    time! 

THE    RESTAURANTS 

IN    LOS   ANGELES 


AMBASSADOR— 3400  Wilshire  Blvd.,  Los  Angelea. 
World-famous  Cocoanut  Grove  open  every  night  ex- 
cept Monday.  Saturday  afternoon  tea  dancing.  Freddy 
Martin's  Orchestra.  Dinners  from  $3.25.  Cover  $1, 
Saturday   $1.50.    Rouben. 

DON  THE  BEACHCOMBER— 1727  North  McCadden 
[Place,    Hollywood.    Fried   Shrimp,   Rumaki,    Barbecued 

:  |  Sparerib  s,  Mandarin  Duck,  Chicken  Almond  and 
I  known  as  originator  of  the  Zombie.  Dinners  from  $3. 

II  Usually   crowded,    but   good   tourist   spot. 

|  BEVERLY  HILLS  HOTEL—  9641  Sunset  Blvd.,  Bev- 
erly  Hills.     Palm    room   open  Thursday,    Friday   and 
1 1  Saturday  nights  with  dancing.  Thursday  buffet,  $3.75. 
'(Dinner   a    la   carte   from   $1.75.    Good   food   and   you 

I  might   see   a   movie   star. 

IIbEVERLY  -  WILSHIRE  HOTEL—  9415  Wilshire 
jJBlvd.,  Beverly  Hills.  Tasty  food  in  Copa  d'Oro  and 
(Terrace    Room,    with    medium    prices. 

,j  BILTMORE  BOWL— 515  South  Olive  St.,  Los  An- 
llgeles.  Best  place  downtown  for  good  food  and  good 
If  music,  with  Russ  Morgan  playing.  Two-dollar  din- 
liners,  nominal  cover  charge  and  two  floor  shows.  Nice 
I  for    tourists.    Closed    Monday. 

i||BIT  O'  SWEDEN— 9051  Sunset  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles. 
On  the  famous  "Strip."  Good  food,  reasonable  prices, 
smorgasbord.    Fine   for   tourists. 

;|  BUBLICHKI— 8846    Sunset    Blvd.,    Los    Angeles.     A 
libit  of    Russia    on    the    Strip.    Cutlet    a   la   Kieff,    Filet 
Mignon    a    la    Stroganoff,    Caucasian    Shashlik,    Rus- 
sian  Blini.    Dinners   from   $3.    Host,    Wally ;    hostess, 
Jasmina.  Good  music  and  romantical.  Closed  Tuesday. 

|CASA  LA   GOLONDRINA— 35   Olvera  St.,  Los  An- 
geles,   "the    first   brick    house   in    the    city."    Historic 
)  Mexican    cafe.     Arroz    con    Polio,    Enchiladas,    Tacos. 
|l  Dinners   from   $2.    Alfredo.    Closed    Sunday. 

CHAROUCHKA— 8524    Sunset    Blvd.,    Los    Angeles. 

Another  bite  of  Russia  on  the  Strip.  Mamma  and 
||Papa,    "your   hosts,"    excel   with   atmosphere,   food   and 

, soothing  music.  Closed  Monday,  and  prices  fairly 
I,  high. 

CHASEN'S^9339  Beverly  Blvd.,  Beverly  Hills.  One 
Ijo/  the  best  in  the  West.  Excellent  cuisine  and  plenty 
(of    celebrities.    Expensive.    Closed    Monday. 

GIRO'S— 8344  Sunset  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles.  On  the 
;Strip  and  luxurious,  with  name  bands  for  dancing. 
■  i  Expensive.    Celebrities,    sometimes. 

,EL  PASEO— 51  Olvera  St.,  Los  Angeles,  and  especial- 

II  ly  fine  for  tourists.  Typical  Mexican  food,  nice  sur- 
roundings, dinners  from  $1.25.  Open  12  to  12,  ex- 
cept   Wednesday. 

'HENRI'S— 9236  Sunset  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles,  "where 
the  Sunset  Strip  meets  the  Bridal  Path."  The  leisurely 
glamor    of    Southern    California    as    the    visitor    hopes 

I] to  find    it.     Society,   celebrities,   tops   in   cuisine.     A    la 

I  carte  from   $2. 

HOUSE  OF  MURPHY  — La  Cienega  "Restaurant 
Row"  at  Fourth  Street,  Los  Angeles.  Madame  Begue's 
\Chicken  Creole,  Hamburger  and  Onion  Rings,  Million 
Dollar  Hash.  Your  host,  Bob  Murphy.  Wonderful 
\Salads,  Beautiful  Steaks.  A  la  carte,  medium  prices. 
1  ■  Open    every    day. 

;  KNOTT'S  BERRY  FARM— Buena  Park.  An  hour's 
drive  from  Los  Angeles,  but  a  tourist's  dream  as 
i  reported  in  Reader's  Digest.  Good  chicken  and  ham 
Sand    hot    biscuits.    Reasonable    prices.    Gift    shop. 


LA  RUE— 8633  Sunset  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles,  on  the 
Strip.  Tops  in  food  and  decor.  Crepes  Louise,  Crepes 
a  la  Reine,  Lasagne  Pasticciate,  Beef  Bourguignonne. 
From  noon  till  3  for  lunch  except  Sunday.  From  6  to 
11  p.m.  for  dinner.  Closed  Monday.  Felix  Cigolini. 
A    la    carte    entrees    from    $2.25. 

LUCEY'S— 5444  Melrose  Avenue,  Hollywood.  Good 
food,  medium  prices  and  across  the  street  from  Par- 
amount  Studio.    Movie   stars    abound    at    lunch. 

MIKE  LYMAN'S  OR  AL  LEVY'S— When  you're 
downtown  in  Los  Angeles.  Good  food,  same  man- 
agement.    Reasonable. 

MOCAMBO— S588  Sunset  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles.  One 
of  the  Strip's  spots  for  movie  stars.  Colorful,  crowded 
and     expensive. 


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PEGGY  CLEARY'S—  "Talk  of  the  Town"  Restaurant 
at  190+  S.  Robertson  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles.  New  and 
attractive.  Scallopini  Piccate,  Stuffed  Squab,  Breast 
of  Guinea  Hen.  A  la  carte  and  prices  fairly  high, 
but  the  food's  delicious.   Closed  Tuesday. 

PERINO'S— 3027  Wilshire  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles.  In 
the  heart  of  the  smart  shopping  area.  Excellent 
food.    A    favorite    luncheon    rendezvous  for   society. 

PICCADILLY — S48  No.  La  Cienega  Blvd.,  Los  An: 
geles.  Fairly  new,  but  very  good,  with  Ernest  Vignati 
as  your   host.     Steaks. 

PIERRE'S — 2295  Huntington  Drive,  San  Marino.  A 
good  crepes  suzette  and  pleasant  atmosphere.  Char- 
coal-broiled filet  mignon,  too.  Pierre.  From  noon 
till    9. 

PLAYERS — 8225  Sunset  Blvd.,  LosAngeles.  Good  for 
tourists   and  you   might  see  a  movie  star.   Expensive. 

READY  ROOM — Johnny  Wilson's  popular  rendez- 
vous for  the  younger  set.  Big  fireplace,  delicious 
steaks,  informal  atmosphere.  At  365  No.  La  Cienega 
Blvd.,    Los    Angeles,    on    Restaurant   Row. 

ROMANOFF'S— 326  No.  Rodeo  Drive,  Beverly  Hills. 
Prince  Mike  caters  to  movie  stars,  writers  and  pro- 
ducers.  Expensive. 

SARNEZ— 170  No.  La  Cienega  Blvd.,  Beverly  Hills. 
Lew  Sailee  and  Harry  Ringland  have  an  attractive 
place,  with  good  food  and  good  music,  reasonably 
priced. 

SOMERSET  HOUSE — On  Restaurant  Row  in  Bev- 
erly Hills.  Fine  steaks,  a  la  carte  dinners,  nice 
atmosphere    and    expensive. 

SPORTSMAN'S  LODGE—  12833  _  Ventura  Blvd., 
North  Hollywood.  An  epicurean  delight  in  San  Fer- 
nando Valley.  Broiled  Lobster,  Chicken  Saute  a  Sec, 
Charcoal-broiled  Steaks  in  a  gorgeous  setting.  One  of 
the  finest  restaurants  in  California.  Jack  Spiros.  From 
5:30    p.m.    Closed    Monday. 

TAIL  O'  THE  COCK — 4-77  So.  La  Cienega  Blvd., 
Los  Angeles,  on  Restaurant  Row.  Mac  McHenry  pro- 
vides excellent  f9od,  good  companions  and  a  pleasing 
atmosphere.  Hamburger  Diable  and  Fried  Shrimp  are 
specialties.  You'll  want  to  go  again  and  again,  and 
it's    reasonably    priced. 

TOWN  HOUSE— 2965  Wilshire  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles, 
overlooking  Lafavette  Park.  Three  smart  cafes  to 
serye  you  .  .  .  Garden  Room,  Cape  Cod  Grill  and 
the  Zebra  Room.  No  cover  or  minimum.  Excellent 
food   and    a   good   spot  for   the   tourist. 

VILLA  NOVA— 9015  Sunset  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles.  A 
charming  old  world  atmosphere  on  the  Strip.  Good 
Italian    food    and   good   service. 


THE    THEATRE 

PLAYS 

MUSICALS 

BILTMORE— "Barretts  of  Wimpole  Street."  co- 
starring  Katharine  Cornell  and  Brian  Aherne. 
Nightly  at  S  :30 ;  prices  $1.20  to  $3.60.  Matinee 
Wednesday  and  Saturday. 

THEATRE  MART  —  Continually  playing  "The 
Drunkard"  every  night  at  S.  Famous  old-time  melo- 
drama with  beer  and  pretzels.  Wonderful  tourist 
entertainment  and  good  for   the  entire  family. 

EL  CAPITAN  —  Ken  Murray's  "Blackouts  of 
1947,"  starring  Marie  Wilson  and  Ken,  every  night 
at  S  :30,  with  plenty  of  matinees.  Variety  entertain- 
ment that  will  please.   Good  for  tourists. 

EARL  CARROLL'S  THEATRE  RESTAURANT 
— In  Hollywood  for  the  tourist.  "The  Vanities"  in 
a  good  show  each  night  with  two  different  perform- 
ances at  9 :15  and  midnight.  Girls.  Girls.  Three- 
thirty   with   dinner,    $1.65    without. 


VARIETY 

HOME  SHOW — Southern  California  Construction  In- 
dustries and  Home  Show  at  Pan-Pacific  Audi- 
torium June  12  through  June  22.  More  than  200 
exhibits:  Architecture,  interior  decoration,  land- 
scaping and  home  appliances.  Adults,  SOc;  chil- 
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POLICE  SHOW— Motion  picture  and  radio  stars; 
vaudeville,  starring  Canadian  and  Mexican  enter- 
tainers. At  Shrine  Auditorium,  June  12  through 
June  25  every  night  at  8:30.  General  admission  $1. 
Reserved    section,    $2    and    $3. 

TURNABOUT  THEATRE  — The  Yale  Puppeteers, 
Elsa  Lanchester  and  Lotte  Goslar  in  good  enter- 
tainment. June  1-7,  "Mr.  Noah"  and  "About  Face" ; 
June  8-14,  "Caesar  Julius"  and  "Vice  Versa";  June 
15-21,  "Tom  and  Jerry"  and  "Turnabout  Time" ; 
June  22-28,  "Gullible's  Travels"  and  "Southern 
Exposure." 

OPERA 

LOS  ANGELES  CIVIC  LIGHT  OPERA— "The 
Three  Musketeers"  opens  June  16  at  Philharmonic 
Auditorium.  Curtain  at  8:30;  prices  $1.20  to  $4.20. 
Wednesday  and  Saturday  matinee  at  2:30,  $1.20  to 
$3.60. 


SPORTS 


POLO — Regular  match  games  every  Sunday  at  2 
at  Riviera  Country  Club  Polo  Field,  off  Sunset  Blvd., 
on   the   way    to   the   beach. 

BASEBALL — Pacific  Coast  League  games  every  day 
except  Monday;  double-headers  on  Sunday.  See 
daily  paper  for  contestants  and  time  in  Los  Angeles, 
San  Francisco,  Hollywood,  Oakland,  Sacramento,  San 
Diego,    Seattle,    Portland. 

NATIONAL  BOAT  SHOW— In  Los  Angeles  Coli- 
seum May  30-June  8  includes  fashions,  radio  and 
movie   stars. 

LOS  ANGELES  HORSE  SHOW— June  3  to  8  at 
Horse    Palace,    Riverside    Drive.    General    admission 

$1.20.  Reserved,  $2.40.  Every  night  at  8:15.  Matinee 
Saturday  and   Sunday  at   1. 

NATIONAL  INTERCOLLEGIATE  TENNIS 
TOURNAMENT— Slated  June  23  through  28  at 
UCLA. 


THE    RESTAURANTS 

IN    SAN    FRANCISCO 

PALACE  HOTEL— Market  and  New  Montgomery 
Sts.  Garden  Court  serving  lunch,  tea,  and  dinner. 
Leonard  Auletti  and  his  concert  orchestra.  Ask  for 
Joseph,  maitre  d'.  Also  Rose  Room,  open  nightly  ex- 
cept Monday.  Cover  $1  weekdays,  $1.50  Saturdays. 
Adolph. 

OMAR  KHAYYAM— 196  O'Farrell  St.  Dinner  only, 
$2.25  up.  George  Mardikian.  Armenian  Shish  Kebab, 
Tchakhokhbelli   and  Kouzou   Kzartma  are   specialties. 

ST.  FRANCIS  HOTEL— Powell  and  Geary.  Mural 
Room  open  daily  for  lunch  and  dinner,  with  dancing 
from  8:30  p.m.  except  Monday,  and  tea  dancing 
Saturdays  from  +  to  5:30.  Hal  Pruden's  band.  A 
la   carte.    Ernest.    Order    almost    anything. 

LONGBARN— On  El  Camino  Real,  2  miles  south  of 
Stanford  University.  Open  for  dinner  only.  Closed 
Thursdays.  Ask  for  Willy  or  Eddy.  Dinners  $2.50  to 
$4.  Plan  to  eat  here  when  you  visit  the  peninsula. 
Country   farmhouse   style   with   women   chefs. 

RESTAURANT  LOMBARD— 1906  Van  Ness  Ave. 
Dinner  only,  from  $2.50,  or  a  la  carte.  Bill  Lombard 
specializes   in   steaks  and   real  thick   roast  beef. 

EL  PRADA — Post  and  Stockton,  in  the  Plaza  Hotel. 
Lunch  11-2,  dinner  6-9,  closed  Sundays  and  holidays. 
Walter  is  maitre  d'.  Service  London  style,  with  every- 
thing rolled  in  on  a  serving  table.  Chef  Maurice 
specializes    in    French    cuisine.    Roast    beef    best    item. 

STAR  LITE  ROOM,  Hotel  Sir  Francis  Drake— Sutter 
and  Powell.  Lunch  only  from  12  to  2,  buffet  style, 
for  $1.50.  Includes  hot  dishes.  Al  Field,  host.  You 
dine  22  floors  up  with  a  spectacular  view. 

TONGA  ROOM— In  the  Fairmont  Hotel.  Open  +:30 
p.m.  to  1:30  a.m.  daily.  Hawaiian  band  plays  on  a 
raft  in  a  swimming  pool,  with  the  dining  tables 
surrounding.  Dinners  $3.50.  Hawaiian  Ham  and 
Eggs   at  $1.50,  or  a   la  carte.   Henry   Degorog,   host. 

TARANTINO'S— 206  Jefferson  St.  Open  11  a.m.  to 
11  p.m.  Dinners  $2.50  and  a  la  carte.  Dan  Sweenev, 
Jr.  and  Jack  Adams.  Seafood,  steaks  and  chops.  Food 
not  outstanding,  but  try  it  because  it's  on  Fisher- 
man's Wharf. 

PARIS— 242  O'Farrell  St.  Lunch  and  dinner  dailv, 
but  no  lunch  on  Sunday.  Dinner  $1.50.  Typical  old 
San  Francisco  family-style  French  cuisine  in  plain 
surroundings.  Lots  of  crusty  French  bread  and  de- 
|     licious    soup.      Excellent    cooking. 


"The  Valley  of  Gardens" 
in  reality  is  the  beautiful 
city  of   Santa   Maria 


Flower  time  is  all  the  time  in  the  Poppy 
State  .  .  .  and  each  locality  contributes  its 
share  in  the  never-ending  campaign  for 
beautification  of  the  California  landscape. 
Outstanding  example  of  this  zeal  for  grace  and 
color  is  evidenced  by  the  citizens  of  Santa  Maria,  a 
small  coastal  community  located  approximately  half- 
way between  Los  Angeles  and  San  Francisco  on  High- 
way 101.  Every  house  has  a  garden  .  .  .  and  even 
vacant  lots  are  ablaze  with  brilliant  blooms. 

Much  of  the  credit  for  this  civic  decoration  is  given 
to  the  Minerva  Library  Club,  an  organization  of 
public-spirited  women  who  have  cajoled  and  pushed 
their  way  past  all  barriers  to  city-wide  planting.  And 
one  of  their  proj'ects  is  the  annual  spring  flower  show 
every  April  ...  a  come-one-come-all  for  the  garden 
enthusiasts  of  Santa  Maria  and  the  surrounding  valley 
.  .  .  even  the  children  are  enthusiastic  contributors. 
Latest  activity  of  the  club  is  an  ambitious  plant- 
ing campaign  which  will  take  in  every  vacant  lot 
along  the  highway,  every  parkway  within  the  town- 
ship. A  remarkable  memorial  to  the  industry  of 
women  is  Buena  Vista  Park  which  faces  Santa 
Maria  County  Hospital.  Glowing  with  bright 
flowers  and  shrubbery,  the  park  originally  was 
planted  priod  to  the  establishment  of  the  city 
water  works  ...  a  situation  which  necessitated  an 
appalling  amount  of  work  on  the  part  of  the 
planters.  They  drove  their  carriages  to  and  from 
their  home  wells,  carrying  buckets  of  water  for 
the   seedlings. 

Santa  Maria,  designated  as  "The  Valley  of 
Gardens,"  also  is  a  center  for  the  raising  of 
commercial  flower  seeds.  The  vast  acreages  of 
blossoms,  such  as  die  Fred  Filliponi  fields  of 
sweet-scented  stock  pictured  above,  add  spectacu- 
lar beauty  to  the  local  landscape. 


THE     CALIFORNIAN,     June,     1947 


It 


GOING  PLACES 


Evelyn  Evans  Boqua  has  a  flair  for  things  artistic  .  .  .  indi- 
vidually styles  her  home  for  the  "California  way  of  life"  . . . 

there's  art  in  living 

TAKE  l.\SI»l  It  A  TIO\  I  IU»I  THIS  CALIFORNIA  MATRON 

AND  DRESS  IP  YOUR  HOME 


Jt  takes  but  a  small  spark  to  fire  the  imagina- 
tion of  Evelyn  Evans  Boqua  who  uses  her 
artistic  talent  to  create  beauty  wherever  she 
goes  .  .  . 

^  hile  she  has  sold  much  of  her  work  .  .  . 
water  colors  which  were  exhibited  national- 
ly; hand-painted  guest  books,  leather-tooled 
specialties,  and  even  gay  hand-painted  nur- 
sery furniture  ...  it  is  in  creating  things 
that  contribute  to  a  more  spirited  California 
living  that  she  truly  delights. 

"Why,  I  could  do  many  of  those  things!" 
But  do  you? 

A  glimpse  into  the  Boquas'  charming  home 
in  Westwood  Hills  will  convince  you  that 
you  should.  Here  you'll  find  evidence  of  pro- 
fessional artistic  talent  ...  in  framed  "Boqua 
originals,"  in  illuminated  niches  above  a  great 
fireplace,  in  hand-painted  tiles  inset  in  stair 
risers. 

But  you'll  also  find  a  dozen-and-one  things 
you  can  do  .  .  .  like  treating  your  closet 
to  a  lining  of  exciting  gold  paper,  using 
great  mirror  panels  everywhere  to  reflect 
bright  ideas,  painting  inside  of  kitchen  draw- 
ers and  cupboards  in  unusual  and  refreshing 
colors,  and  spotlighting  a  little  reed  organ 
or  an  amusing  cuckoo  clock  as  conversation 
pieces. 

You'd  get  ideas  of  things  to  make  just 
by  watching  Mrs.  Boqua  set  up  her  work 
table  in  a  shady  patio,  deftly  translate  a  small 
fragment  of  leather  into  cleverly  tooled  cuffs 
for  a  tweed  dress,  a  neatly  fitted  bag  to  hang 
at  the  waist,  or  thongs  for  a  pair  of  wooden 
clogs.  She  has  itchy  fingers  when  it  comes 
to  texture,  or  sparkle,  or  pure  singing  colors. 

Nor  are  these  the  only  inspiration  you 
might  get  at  this  hospitable  home.  In  the 
breakfast  room  Mrs.  Boqua  likes  to  use  a  cir- 
cular cloth  of  checked  cotton  .  .  .  floor  length 
.  .  .  and  finds  it  fun  to  be  dramatic  in  so 
simple  a  way. 


GOING  PLACES 


BLUE  FOX— 6S9  Merchant  St.  Dinners  only,  closed 
Mondays.  Ask  for  Mario  or  Frank.  Dinners  from 
$2.  French  and  Italian  style.  Frog  legs  Dorce,  Bone- 
less Squab,  Chicken  stuffed  with  wild  rice,  Rex  Sole 
Marguerite.  In  an  alley,  not  bright  and  shiny,  but 
they   know   how   to  cook.   The   natives   eat  here. 

CLIFF  HOUSE — Point  Lobos  Avenue,  overlooking 
Seal  Rocks.  Dinners  daily  from  $1.50.  Seafood, 
Steaks,  Chicken  and  Roasts.  Eat  while  looking 
through  the  oversize  plateglass  windows  at  the 
ocean,     Seal    Rocks    and    Golden    Gate    strait. 

THE  PLANTATION— At  349  Sutter  St.  in  the  de- 
lightful new  Pavilion  at  tiffin  time.  A  la  carte,  with 
English  and  French  delicacies  the  feature.  Reason- 
ably   priced. 

SOLARI'S— 19  Maiden  Lane  and  29  Kearny.  Closed 
Sundays.  Fine  continental  food  and  atmosphere.  Ask 
for  Max  David  or  Peter  Wolf.  A  la  carte.  Special- 
ties   include    crab    legs    or    sweetbreads. 

DOMINO  CLUB— 25  Trinity  Place  (opposite  111 
Sutter).  Dinners  from  $2.50,  with  emphasis  on 
steaks  and  roast  beef.  On  the  walls  an  impressive  col- 
lection   of    paintings    of    nudes.    Cheery    for    tourists. 

SCHROEDER'S— 111  Front  St.  Closed  Saturday  and 
Sunday.  Definitely  not  a  tourist  spot,  this  54-year- 
old  restaurant  offers  superb  German  style  cooking 
and  wonderful  dark  draught  beer.  Men  only  at  lunch 
time,  but  the  ladies  can  come  to  dinner.  Lunches 
from    65    cents    and    dinners    average    $1. 

VENETO'S^Bay  at  Mason  St.  A  corner  of  old  Italy 
with  authentic  decor,  and  a  fascinating  Cave  Room 
that  has  stalactites  overhead.  Exceptional  Italian 
cuisine  features  Omozzolo  tossed  salad  and  chicken 
a   la  sec.    Dinners   start   at  $1.75. 

GRISON'S — Van  Ness  and  Pacific.  Two  restaurants 
under  same  management  on  opposite  corners.  At  the 
STEAK  HOUSE,  Kansas  City  steaks  a  la  carte  only 
from  $1.25.  Other  specialties  are  soft  shell  crabs, 
eastern  prawns,  planked  steak.  At  the  CHICKEN 
HOUSE,  Southern  style  chicken  dinner  at  $1.S5  and 
prime  roast  beef  dinner  at  $2. 1 5.  Ask  for  Robert 
Grison    or   Charles    Morosin. 

ALFRED'S— SS6  Broadway  (near  Mason).  Dinners 
from  $2  and  a  la  carte  specialties.  Charcoal-broiled 
steak,  sq^uab  en  casserole,  jumbo  frogs  legs,  chicken 
saute  with   mushrooms.    Ask   for  Alfred. 

THREE  LITTLE  SWISS— 530  Broadway.  Pleasant 
decor  and  good  food.  Lunch  from  8  5c,  dinner  from 
$2.25,  including  Cliff  steak  with  mustard  sauce,  veal 
scallopint,  brook  trout,  Chicken  St.  Moritz.  Ask  for 
Louis. 

OF    SPECIAL    INTEREST 

THROUGHOUT   STATE 

COSTA  MESA— Carnival  and  fish-fry_  June  7-8. 
Music,  rural  costumes,  prizes.  Admission  includes 
fish-fry  dinner. 

CORONA— Circle  City  Roundup  June  7-8.  Barbecue, 
street  dancing,  teen-age  parade,  and  rodeo  on  final 
afternoon.     Western    costumes    worn    by    townspeople. 

SAN  FERNANDO — Fiesta  and  pageant  at  Mission 
San  Fernando,  June  8-14.  Parade  depicting  early 
day  activities,  street  dancing,  mounted  posses,  bar- 
becues.    Colorful    Spanish   costumes. 

SAN    DIEGO— National    water    ski    meet  June    13-15 

in    San    Diego    Bay.    Highlight    will    he  45-mile    ski 

race  around  Coronado  Islands,  starting  and  finish- 
ing in  the  Bay. 

LOMPOC— Flower  show,  June  14-15,  held  in  con- 
junction with  the  blooming  of  the  commercial  flower 
fields. 

SAN  DIEGO— Father  O'Donohue's  horse  show  at 
Mission  Rancho,  Lemon  Grove,  June  16.  Includes 
showing  of  Palomino  horses,  rodeo  events,  jumpers 
and    horse   show   events. 

PALA — Mission  Day  June  23,  marking  the  birth- 
day   of    the    mission    with     special    ceremonies. 

SAN  DIEGO— County  fair  opens  June  27  at  Del  Mar 
Race  Track.  Includes  agricultural  exhibits,  harness 
racing,  air  shows,  art  exhibits,  flower  show,  county 
dog    snow    and    handicraft. 

SAN  DIEGO— Third  annual  hobbv  show  June  27-29, 
at    Balboa    Park.    270    exhibits    and    $1,500    in    prizes. 


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A  typical  California  Swagger  Hat 
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Score  .  .  .  for  the  GRAFF  CALIFORNIA  GOLFER 

THE  DRESS  for  the  game  .   .   .  wonderful  for  suburban 
and  home  wear,  too.    The  Graff  California  golfer  has  spread-eagle 

sleeves  that  open  freely  when  arm  is  in  motion,  close  neatly  .  .  . 
sturdy   dot   fasteners   in   concealed   fly  front   .    .   .   tee-totin' 
belt  .  .  .  slit  under  the  pocket  for  a  pencil.   In  Michael  Ross  fabrics. 
Shown  in  seersucker,  available  in  fine  combed  cottons. 


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hostemaster  set 
by 

something  wonderful  happens  when  father  dons 

this  loungewear ...  as  comfortable  and  jaunty 

as  fine  sportswear . . .  padded  shoulders, 

a  dorsen  original  .  . .  sportcoat  cut 

and  fabrics  .  .  .  full  harmony  — 

trim  linings. ..at  all  fine  stores. 


hostemaster  set: 

hostejackets  in  soft  Shetland, 
gabardine,  cashmere.  22.50  up~ 
wards,  matching  hostecotes.  35.00 
upwards,  gabardine  slacks  in 
harmonizing  tones.  25.00  upwards. 


On  Record 


with  frances  anderson 


bo  prolific  has  been  the  record  output  this  month  that  we  shall 
spend  no  space  on  introductory  comment  but  plunge  into  the  shiny 
black  pile.  And  at  that,  we  can  remark  about  only  a  few  among  many. 

Cantata  No.  4— "Christ  Lay  In  The  Bonds  of  Death"— J.  S.  Bach. 
This  is  a  must  for  Bach-lovers  and  no  better  introduction  to  the  master 
for  those  who  don't  know  him.  Robert  Shaw,  rapidly  assuming  impres- 
sive proportions  as  a  Bach  conductor,  and  the  RCA  Victor  Chorale  and 
Orchestra  do  a  magnificent  job  on  one  of  the  loveliest,  most  deeply  emo- 
tional and  stirring  of  Bach's  works.  Victor.  Beethoven's  "Moonlight 
Sonata"  and  "Pathetique  Sonata"  .  .  Vladimir  Horowitz  records  the 
sonata  in  an  intellectual  style  that  is  not  quite  appropriate  to  the 
sonata's  poetry.  But  the  passionate  "Pathetique"  is  given  a  most  ex- 
cellent rendition  by  Artur  Rubinstein.    Victor. 

"The  Great  Elopement" — Handel-Beecham.  Sir  Thomas  Beecham  has 
arranged  a  thoroughly  delightful  suite  from  little-known  Handel  music, 
basing  upon  it  a  ballet  which  makes  it  program  music  for  concert  pur- 
poses. Sir  Thomas  and  the  London  Philharmonic  Orchestra  combine  in 
this  highly  enjoyable  album.  Victor.  Symphony  No.  5 — Prokofieff.  Under 
the  baton  of  Serge  Koussevitzky,  the  Boston  Symphony  Orchestra  give6  a 
glowing  performance  of  this  colorful  and  important  work  .  .  a  sym- 
phony of  varied  and  intense  emotional  content  by  one  of  Russia's  and 
the   world's   most    gifted   contemporary   composers.   Victor. 

SEMI-CLASSICAL 

"Music  By  Candlelight" — dinner  music  recorded  by  the  Hollywood 
Studio  Orchestra.  Tried  and  true  old  tunes  pleasantly  played  to  comprise  a 
surprisingly  likable  album  of  records  you'll  put  on  and  cherish  as  a] 
background  to  conversation.  Capitol.  "Eileen"  and  "Sweethearts"  by 
Victor  Herbert.  Two  nicely  done  albums  of  selections  from  a  pair  of 
well-loved  operettas,  featuring  Al  Goodman  and  his  orchestra  and  ade- 
quate vocalists.  The  first  is  more  elaborately  done  up  and  perhaps  a 
shade  better  performed.   Victor. 

CHILDREN'S  ALBUMS:  "Fun  With  Shakespeare"  isn't  quite  that.! 
Charles  Coburn  narrates  "The  Comedy  of  Errors,"  a  suitable  subject'! 
for  high  school  students,  in  a  manner  more  fitting  for  9-year-olds.  Not 
a  good  mating  of  subject  and  audience.  Victor.  "Cinderella"  is  charm- 
ingly told  and  sung  by  Jeanette  MacDonald  to  an  engaging  musical 
score  by  William  Provost.  Unfortunately,  the  album  could  have  been 
better   mechanically.   Victor. 

POPULAR 

"Blues  of  the  Record  Man,"  an  amusing  novelty,  and  "Why  Don't  We 
Say  We're  Sorry,"  a  ballad  that  changes  tempo  interestingly,  employ 
the  talents  of  Tex  Beneke  and  the  Miller  Orchestra.  Not  bad.  Victor. 
"The  Frog  Song"  and  "What's  The  Matter  With  The  Stove,"  both 
funny,  both  solid,  with  a  good  beat.  Geechie  Smith  sings  with  his 
orchestra.  Capitol.  "Mam'selle"  is  pretty,  plaintive  and  typical  of  the 
Pied  Pipers.  On  the  back,  "It's  The  Same  Old  Dream"  is  more  senti- 
mental stuff.  Capitol. 

"Piano  Portrait"  is  the  best  Freddy  Martin  platter  in  some  time,  and 
that's  very  good  indeed.  "I  Can't  Get  Up  The  Nerve  To  Kiss  You"  on 
the  reverse  is  pretty  heavy  on  the  glee  club  stuff.  Victor.  "My  Adobe 
Hacienda"  and  "If  I  Had  My  Life  To  Live  Over"  feature  the  special 
brand  of  close  harmony  distinctive  of  the  Dinning  Sisters,  the  former 
with  some  cute  changes  on  Latin  rhythms.  Capitol.  "You  »Can't  Take 
It  With  You"  is  fine  shouting  and  even  finer  instrumental  work  by 
Jesse  Price.  "Big  Town  Blues"  on  the  back  is  ditto.  Capitol. 

"Ivy"  and  "A  Sunday  Kind  of  Love"  feature  a  "new"  style  on  the 
part  of  Jo  Stafford  which  seems  mainly  to  be  a  subdued  and  wistful 
manner.  Hoagy  Carmichael  wrote  "Ivy"  and  it's  a  nice  tune.  Capitol. 
"Meet  Me  At  No  Special  Place"  presents  King  Cole  and  his  Trio  in  a  I 
familiar,  but  nonetheless  fine  style.  "You  Don't  Learn  That  In  School" 
is  on  'tother  side,  a  mitt    faster  and  a  lot  funnier.  Capitol. 

"Jenny  Kissed  Me,"  as  sung  by  the  Delta  Rhythm  Boys  has  better 
lyrics  and  performance  than  tune.  "Bye,  Bye,  Alibi  Baby"  on  the  re- 
verse is  good  enough.  Victor.  "I  Had  A  Good  Cry"  and  "Hawk's  Boogie' 
are  a  pair  of  first-class  Erskine  Hawkins,  which  is  good  enough  for  a 
lot  of  people.  Victor.  "Mama  Blues"  is  a  very  funny  novelty  in  which 
Alvino  Rey's  guitar  talks.  The  reverse,  "Midnight  Masquerade,"  is ! 
conventional   and   capably  performed.   Capitol. 

SOMETHING'S  WRONG 

Perry  Como  gets  slower  by  the  record  .  .  too  bad,  for  even  a  voice 
as  smooth  as  his  is  monotonous  when  dragged  through  "Little  Man, 
You've  Had  a  Busy  Day"  and  "Kentucky  Babe,"  lullabies  certain  to 
put  you  to  sleep.  T.  Dorsey  hasn't  come  through  with  a  real  humdinger 
in  a  long  time.  Even  his  superlative  trombone  can't  save  "Spring  Isnt 
Everything,"  as  routine  a  ballad  as  could  be,  and  "Bingo,  Bango,  Boffo' 
isn't  up  to  snuff,  either.    Too  bad. 

"Waltzes,"  a  whole  album  of  saccharine  three-four  numbers,  played 
by  Guy  Lombardo.  Oh,  well,  there  must  be  some  people  who  like  Lom- 
bardo.    The  guy  keeps  busy,  doesn't  he? 


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And  COLE  of  California 
whisks  up  two  bathing  suits 
for  Sea  Nymphs! 

Matletex  Magic,  one-piece 
with  bare  midriff;  Everfast 
striped  pique,  shirred 
with  lastex.  Pink,  lime,  or 
.  stone  blue  on  misty  grey. 
10  to  18  ...  .  $9.95 

Chrysalis,  two-piece  Matletex 
tie-bra  with  drape-front  trunks 
in  a  color-splashed  Pueblo 
cotton  print.  Red  and  brown, 
or  blue  and  blue  on  white. 
10  to  18 $9.95 

Its  matching 
dirndl  skirt  $5.95 


Mail  orders  to  Sports  Shop 


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GAY  FASHION  INGENUITY  WINS 
AWARDS  FOR  CLAIRE  McCARDELL 
All  her  designs  look  young,  debonair, 
original... like  this  pique  bathing-suit  costume 
with  its  inseparable  sunbonnet. 

WALDES  KOVER-ZIP  WINS 
ACCLAIM  FROM  CLEVER  DESIGNERS 
This  is  the  fabric-covered  zipper  that 
blends  adroitly  or  adds  the  zest  of  contrast 
to  the  gay  new  fashions  von  buy 
or  make  yourself.  Ask  for  it  at  better  notion 
counters  now. 


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Celanese  Beach  Breeze*  dress.  Button  front  to  waist,  short 
sleeves,  cape  yoke  collar,  contrasting  applique  and  embroidery 
on  flared  bias  skirt.  White,  aqua,  maize  and  pink.  Sizes  10-18. 
About  $25.  Ask  for  Lynn  Lester  dress  #604  at  stores  listed 
on  page  72. 


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for  Authentic  California  Fashions 


Three-piece  button-together  play  suit;  blouse,  shorts  and  skirt. 
Dan  River  Cordspun  Chambray  in  pink  and  white,  blue  and 
white,  and  grey  and  white  stripes.  Sizes  10-18.  About  $25.  Ask 
for  Lynn  Lester  play  suit  #900  at  stores  listed  on  page  72. 


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Authentic  California  Fashions 


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Cape  sleeve  two-piece  dress  of  SnoSilk*.  Straight  skirt  with 
gold-plated  buckle  at  belt.  White,  aqua,  beige,  kelly,  maize  and 
cocoa.  Sizes  10-18.  About  $30.  Ask  for  Lynn  Lester  dress 
#412  at  stores  listed  on  page  72. 


WESTERN  FASHIONS,  Los  Angeles  14 

*<S2%  pure  silk,  38%  rayon  acelole. 


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Look  to  Lynn  Lester  for 


Authentic 


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Two-piece  summer  suit  dress  of  Dan  River  Coolstripe*.  Short 
cuffed  sleeves,  gold  ball  buttons,  straight  skirt  slit  front  and  back. 
Black  on  white  —  brown  on  white.  Sizes  10-18.  About  $25. 
Ask  for  Lynn  Lester  suit  dress  #413  at  stores  listed  on  page  72. 


California  Fashions 


WESTERN  FASHIONS,  Los  Angeles  14 


'Sanforized  cotton,  rayon  stripe. 


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Look  to  Lynn  Lester  for  Authentic 


California 


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Button  front  dress  of  Sno-Silk*.  Saucy  peplum,  phlange  cap 
sleeves,  gold-plated  circle  buckle  on  self  belt.  White,  aqua,  beige, 
kelly,  maize  and  cocoa.  Sizes  10-18.  About  $30.  Ask  for  Lynn 
Lester  drees  #616  at  stores  listed  on  page  72. 


Fashions 


WESTERN  FASHIONS,  Los  Angeles  14 


*<52%  pure  n'/Jc,  38%  rayon  ocelafe. 


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Look  to  Lynn  Lester  for  Authentic  California 


Fashions 


Left:  Cut-out  embroidery  collar  blouse 
of  Mallinson  Crepe.*  Cap  sleeves,  button 
I  front.  Aqua,  white,  pink  and  maize.  Sizes 
10-18.  About  $9.  Ask  for  Lynn  Lester 
blouse  #319. 

*  Superb  rayon. 


Center:  Blouse  of  Renoir  Rayon  Jersey, 
under  water  pattern.  Gathered  inset  ex- 
tends shoulder  to  shoulder.  Jewelry  neck- 
line, cap  sleeves,  button  back.  Green, 
chamois,  pink  and  aqua  backgrounds. 
Sizes  10-18.  About  $9.  Ask  for  Lynn 
Lester  blouse  #323. 


Right:  Casaba  Crepe*  blouse  with  short 
sleeves,  jewelry  neckline,  gold  fob  to  be 
monogrammed,  button  back.  Maize,  aqua, 
white,  pink  and  grey.  Sizes  10-18.  About 
$8.  Ask  for  Lynn  Lester  blouse  #318. 

'Bates  rayon. 


WESTERN  FASHIONS,  Los  Angeles  14  Store's  featuring  these  Lynn  Lester  Blouses  listed  on  page  72. 


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FASHIONS 


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FOOD  STYLIST.. 
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J.  R.  Osherenko 

Herman   Sonnabend 
•  Donald   A.  Carlson 

■  Solly  Dickason   Carolin 
Virginia  Scallon 

-  Diana   Stokes 
Jacqueline   Lary 
Edie   Jones 
Lanice   Dana 
Alice  Stiffler 
Malcolm   Steinlauf 

-  Frances   Anderson 
Virginia  Teale 
Hazel   Allen   Pulling 

.  Morris   Ovsey 
Dorothy    Marootian 
John   Grandjean 

.  Frank   Stiffler 

■  Loise   Abrahamson 
Hazel  Stall 

.  Helen    Evans   Brown 
..  Daniel   Saxon 
Robert   Farnham 


ALLURING  simplicity 
of  checks  in  a  dress 
for  you  by  Alice  oj 
California  .  .  demure 
back-bow  ribbon  ac- 
cents .  .  sizes  9-15,  in 
red,  green,  blue,  brown 
Ameritex  seersucker, 
about  $11  at  Sibley, 
Lindsay  &  Curr  Co., 
Rochester;  O'Connor, 
Moffatt  &  Co.,  San 
Francisco;  The  May 
Company,  Los  Angeles. 
Weymaris  specially  de- 
signed halo  of  pique. 
Photographed  in  color 
by  Dash  Taylor  at  San 
Gabriel    Mission. 


California  fashions: 

It's  a  Mission  Motif  30 

Hushed  Tones  of  Color 36 

Fashion  Goes  on  Record  40 

Clothes  Help  Make  the  Star  .41 

Fashion  with  Forethought  42 

What  to  Wear  to  California  in  June  55 

Travelin'  the  Mission  Trail  56 

Sightseeing  Too  58 

Shining  Example  of  Leisurely  Grace 60 

Society  in  Fashion 61 

For  Your  Masculine  Moment 64 

Dressing  by  Design,  by  Florence  Shuman 66 

California  features: 

The  Mission  Story  28 

Miracle  of  Capistrano,  by  Ramon  Romero  34 

Romance  Around  the  World  44 

"Mother,  Who  Was  Valentino?" -.52 

In  California  It's  - 54 

Flowers  Fit  for  a  Bride  68 

California  beauty: 

Look  At  Your  Legs!  by  Edna  Charlton  -62 

California  living: 

They're  Swimming  in  the  Parlor 46 

A  Man-Size  House,  by  Virginia  Scallon  48 

California  Cooks  with  Wine  50 


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Along 

the  path  iff 
padres  a 
golden  empire 


took  firm  root 


and  flourished 


by  Virginia  mcintire 


9AN  DIEGO  DE 
ALCALA 


THE  HEALTHFUL,  fun-loving  fine  living  that  you  en- 
joy today  as  a  resident  or  a  visitor  in  Golden  California 
is  the  result  of  an  evolution  .  .  of  a  pattern  brilliantly, 
painstakingly  created  175  years  ago  by  Franciscan  Fa- 
thers Junipero  Serra  and  Juan  Crespi.  The  influence  of 
their  Missions  on  industry,  fashion,  housing  and  our 
California  Way  of  Life  has  not  only  left  its  mark  .  .  it 
has  grown  with  a  surging  American  empire. 

Coming  north  from  Mexico  with  Gasper  de  Portola's 
first  expedition  in  1769.  the  padres  carried  only  the  sym- 
bols of  their  way  of  life  .  .  the  cross  and  the  bell.    But 


SAN  BUENAVENTURA 


in  their  hearts  was  a  dream 


.  in  their  minds  resolute 
vision,  resourceful  cour- 
age. With  masterful 
foresight.  Serra  and  his 
followers  in  this  wilder- 
ness established  our 
most  important  cities, 
selected  major  seaports, 
mapped    a    vital    high- 


way .  .  .  tied  them 
uniquely  together  with 
extravagant  Spanish 
names  .  .  along  El  Cam- 
ino  Real. 

The  Trail  of  the  Mis- 
sions was.  flung  seven 
hundred  miles  up  the 
coastline,  like  a  rosary  of  faith  beaded  with  the  twenty- 
one  establishments  from  San  Diego  to  Sonoma.  Today 
you  travel  El  Camino  Real  as  paved  U.  S.  Highway  101. 
The  month's  traveling  time  on  horseback  has  been  sliced 
to  one  day  by  automobile  .  .  three  hours  by  air. 

California  sightseers  .  .  stopping  at  one  or  several 
missions  this  year  .  .  may  use  considerable  imagina- 
tion in  believing  the  tight  little  cells  with  rough  cots 
and  permeating  dark  dankness  once  could  have  seemed 
like  heaven  to  an  early  traveler  along  the  trail.  Yet, 
a  horseman,  coming  at  nightfall  out  of  the  lonely  wilder- 
ness  into   the    protection   of    the   adobe-walled   mission 


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t  garden,    felt    very    near 

paradise.  For  here  was 
food  and  shelter,  a  fresh 
horse  for  the  morrow, 
security  from  hostile  In- 
dians. Sometimes,  more 
important,  he  found 
spiritual  communion 
with  men  of  learning,  heard  news  that  filtered  in  with 
the  other  travelers. 

At  the  missions  you  will  recognize  the  typical  archi- 
tecture of  this  sun-drenched  country  as  a  combination 
of  Spanish,  Mexican,  an  occasional  Moorish  touch  .  . 
four  to  eight-foot-thick  walls  and  wide  doorways  .  .  hand- 
hewn,  massive  beams  for  ceilings.  White  stucco  first  was 
used  at  the  missions,  and  the  tile  roof  was  made  by  the 
Indians  when  padres  became  impatient  with  being  con- 
tinually burned  out  of  their  grass  roof  shelters.  The 
tile  proved  safer  as  well  as  cooler  and  dryer  for  the  warm 
climate.  And  modern  California  patios  owe  their  origin 
to  the  basic  idea  of  walled  protection  from  wild  animals 
and  hostile  redskins. 

Wise  Fra  Serra  knew 
his  "pagan  children" 
were  hungry  too  often. 
Reasoning  that  food 
would  convert  them 
faster  than  any  sermon, 
each  new  mission  site 
was  judiciously  selected 
for  fertility,  fresh  water  supply  and  good  grazing  land 
for  cattle.  Reservoirs  were  built  and  irrigation  systems 
laid  out;  productive  methods  of  cultivation  reached  a 
h:gh  degree  of  efficiency  under  the  expanding,  well- 
organized  mission  system. 

So  the  Indians  came  .  .  attracted  by  the  assurance  of 
enough  to  eat.  They  learned  more  than  fifty  trades,  be- 
coming carpenters,  silversmiths,  millers,  tanners,  weavers, 
painters,  farmers.  The  mission  records  show  a  total  of 
88,976  baptisms,  24,692  marriages,  and  thousands  of 
them  were  buried  in  the  little  cemeteries  beyond  the 
garden  walls.  The  Indians  came  .  .  fascinated  by  the 
bells  that  tolled  through  the  virgin  country.  If  you  have 
felt  impelled  to  follow  in  the  direction  of  the  sound  of 
chimes,  you  know  the  appeal  their  music  made  to  the 
Indian  .  .  perhaps  hearing  them  for  the  first  time  as  he 
stood  on  the  rim  of  a  canyon  at  sundown. 

More  bells  came  .  .  from  all  over  the  world  .  .  Spain, 

Peru.  .Mexico.  Alaska. 
even  Massachusetts.  The 
story  of  each  mission's 
bells  is  a  story  in  itself. 
The  only  two  wooden 
bells  known  to  have 
been  used  now  hang  in 
the    Buenaventura    Mis- 


sion museum  in  Ventura.  They  are  crudely  made,  raw- 
hide wrapped.  No  mission  has  less  than  two  bells  and 
Santa  Barbara  boasts  eleven,  some  of  which  ring  out  ev- 
ery day  in  the  year,  except  Good  Friday  and  Maundy 
Thursday.  As  late  as  1926  Santa  Clara  Mission  received 
a  new  bell  from  King  Alfonso  of  Spain  after  a  fire  oc- 
curred at  Santa  Clara 
University,  the  former 
mission  center.  In  1777, 
King  Carlos  of  Spain 
had  presented  the  new 
mission  with  two  bells 
.  .  on  condition  that 
they  be  rung  every  eve- 
ning at  8:30.  When  the 

fire  destroyed  one,  college  students  quickly  built  a 
scaffolding  in  order  that  the  old  pledge  could  be  kept. 
Hearing  this  story,  Alfonso  ordered  the  new  bell  for 
Santa    Clara   University. 

Now  you  see  the  mission  bell  guide-posts  preserving 
this  symbol  along  the  Trail  of  the  Missions,  indicating 
distances  and  road  directions.  The  first  was  swung  from 
its  standard  in  front  of  the  little  Los  Angeles  Plaza 
Church  in  1906  by  the  El  Camino  Real  Association, 
originator  of  the  idea  to  mark  the  historic  route.  The 
California  Mission  Trails  Association,  Ltd.,  California 
Native  Sons  and  Daughters  organizations,  and  the  auto- 
mobile clubs  .  .  all  have  contributed  to  the  maintenance 
and  preservation  of  El  Camino  Real. 

The  twenty-one  missions  were  well  established  when 
Jedediah  Smith,  the  first  white  man  over  the  impassable 
Sierras  in  1826,  came  upon  the  fortressed  walls  of  San 
Gabriel  Mission.  Gaining  admission  by  sign  language  with 
the  padres,  he  discovered  a  flourishing  new  Spanish  world. 
Your  trip  to  the  missions  this  year  will  contrast  sharply 
with  Smith's  pioneering,  for  without  exception,  every 
one  has  been  reconstructed  three  or  four  times  since  its 

original  dedication. 
Some  have  been  moved 
several  miles  from  the 
first  site.  And  every 
conceivable  disaster  has 
befallen  them  .  .  fire, 
flood,  the  ravages  of 
long  neglect  and  abuse 
by  the  unappreciative. 
Earthquakes  have  damaged  several  missions  at  one  time; 
six  being  rocked  by  the  quake  of  1812.  But  the  worst 
tragedy  to  befall  them  was  the  Act  of  Secularization  in 
1832,  when  all  the  missions  and  lands  were  taken  from 
the  Franciscans  and  sold,  or  given  away.  Consequently, 
most  missions  were  in  a  wretched  state  of  neglect  when 
California  entered  the  Union  and  they  were  returned  to 
the  church. 

As  you  travel  from  mission  to  mission  .  .  described 
here  in  the  order  they  lay  from  San  Diego  to  Sonoma 

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TRAIGHT  FROM  THE  CALIFORNIA  MISSIONS  COMES  FRESH  FASHION 
INSPIRATION  .  .  .  LIKE  THE  PADRE  HAT,  OPPOSITE  PAGE,  FAITHFULLY  INTER- 
PRETED IN  BLACK  TAFFETA  WITH  ORGANDY  BOW;  CASPAR-DAVIS, 
ABOUT  $25   AT  YOUNKERS,   DES   MOINES;    CARSON,   PIRIE,   SCOTT   &   CO., 
CHICAGO;   D.   H.   HOLMES,   NEW  ORLEANS. 


ISSION    BELLS   PORTEND    ANOTHER   ORIGINAL   SILHOUETTE: 
COUNTRY  CLUB  COAT  WITH  SOFTLY  ROUNDED  LINES,  FULL  CAPE-LIKE 
SLEEVES  OF  WHITE  SHAG  OVER  BLACK   STRIPED   SKIRT;   SIZES   10-18, 
$49.50    FROM   THE   DESIGNERS'    SHOP,   MAY   COMPANY,   LOS   ANGELES, 
AND   MAY   CO.   WILSHIRE    IN   LOS   ANGELES. 


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I  THE  MISSION  MOTIF 

HAS  MANY  VARIANCES:  IT'S  THB 
SOFT  FULL  DRAPERY  OF  A  MONK'S 
ROBE.    OPPOSITE  PAGE,   VIOLA 
DIMMITT'S   EVENING   RAINCOAT   IN 
SATIN-BACK  TWILL,   SIZES 
10-18,   ABOUT  $30   AT  JACK  ROSE, 
SANTA  BARBARA;  FREDERICK 
A-  NELSON,  SEATTLE. 


|  IT'S  THE  PURITY  OF  WHITE: 
TOP   RJGHT,    MARION    McCOY'S 
SEQUIN   TUNIC   DRESS,    SIZES   9-15, 
ABOUT   $30    AT    ADDIS    &    CO., 
SYRACUSE.    IT'S   A   DON'S   BOLERO: 
LEFT,    BARBARA    CLAIRE    VERSION, 
SIZES    10-16,    ABOUT   $20. 


|  IT'S   A    DANCER'S    CHOICE:    FAR   LEFT, 
A   RUFFLED   MIDRIFF  BY  PICTURE 
MODES,    SIZES    10-16.    ABOUT   $12 
AT    BLOOMINGDALE'S,    NEW    YORK. 
IT'S  A  BROOMSTICK  SKIRT,  PEASANT 
BLOUSE:   AT  RIGHT,  ETHELLE'S 
CREATION     SIZES     10-18,    ABOUT    $10 
AT   J.    N.    ADAM,   BUFFALO. 
BACKGROUND    IS   THE    HOOD    AGAIN 
.    .    .    TERRY   CLOTH    ROBE  BY 
SEQUOIA    KNITTING    MILLS,    ABOUT 
$10  AT  KAUFMANN'S,  PITTSBURGH. 


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"Nothing  so  reaffirms  man's 

faith  in  some  omnipotent  power 

as  something*  beyond 

his  understanding" 


H/very  St.  Joseph's  Day  for  a  hundred  and  sixty- 
eight  years  .  .  the  Indians  say  .  .  the  swallows  have 
returned  to  Capistrano. 

Every  March  19  .  .  when  the  smell  of  spring  is  in 
the  air  .  .  they've  come,  almost  with  the  certainty 
of  day  that  follows  night,  to  oust  the  angry  swifts  and 
reclaim  their  nests  in  the  crumbling  adobe  walls  of 
the  historic  stone  church  .  .  this  jewel  of  all  the  mis- 
sions in  California.  No  one  has  been  able  to  explain 
the  birds'  periodic  and  faithful  return  .  .  no  one  knows 
for  sure  where  they  go  when  they  soar  away  come 
San  Juan's  Day  in  October. 

But  generations  of  people  have  witnessed  this  mass 
migration  .  .  and  call  it  a  miracle. 

This  season,  for  the  first  time  in  all  recorded  his- 
tory, the  birds  arrived  four  days  early.  Mission  fa- 
thers are  wont  to  credit  California's  "unusual"  warm 
weather  for  this  slight  deviation,  and  allow  it  to  de- 
tract not  one  whit  from  the  significance  of  a  con- 
stantly recurring  phenomenon.  The  believers  and  the 
skeptics,  the  humble  and  the  smug  .  .  all  of  them  have 
seen  .  .  and  most  of  them  believe  in  the  miracle  of 
the  swallows. 

Nothing  so  reaffirms  man's  faith  in  some  omnipotent 
power  as  something  beyond  his  understanding,  and 
when  that  same  occurrence  repeats  itself  again  and 
again  it  is  truly  inspirational.  From  time  immemorial, 
the  burdened,  troubled  and  afflicted  have  found  solace 
in  these  manifestations  of  the  unseen.  The  Maid  of 
Orleans  who  obeyed  her  voices,  Bernadette  of  the 
healing  waters  of  the  grotto  of  Massabielle  at 
Lourdes,  and  only  recently,  Mother  Cabrini,  acclaimed 
as  America's  first  saint  ...  all  have  achieved  their 
niche  in  men's  hearts  for  services  performed.  In  teach- 
ing lessons  of  faith  by  the  reflection  of  their  own  simple 
goodness,  they  have  done  much  to  make  man  realize 
that  through  such  faith  untouched  by  worldly  law  lies 
the  key  to  the  mystery  of  life. 

But  the  miracle  of  the  swallows  at  San  Juan  Capi- 
strano is  like  no  other  miracle  in  the  darkly  clouded 
history  of  recorded  civilization.  It  is  the  only  known 
miracle  that  repeats  itself  at  a  given  season  .  .  year 
after  year.  By  now  the  swallows'  uninterrupted  migra- 
tions across  land  and  sea  have  taken  on  the  symbol 
of  legend  as  beautiful  and  enduring  as  the  story  of  the 
shepherds  who  followed  the  star  to  Bethlehem.  Like  the 
legend  of  biblical  days,  this  one,  too,  will  be  passed 
on  to  the  children  of  still  unborn  centuries. 

What  sort  of  miracle  is  this  that  does  not  pretend 
to  heal  the  sick  or  the  crippled,  or  make  the  blind 
to  see? 

Time  has  brought  many  changes  to  the  Mission 
San  Juan  Capistrano.  The  inhabitants  who  worked  and 
prayed  within  the  shadows  of  the  arched  arcades  have 


gone  .  .  the  swallows,  too,  have  been  succeeded  by 
flocks  of  new-born  generations.  The  mission  is  not 
the  same  as  in  the  days  of  Father  Josef  Barona  and 
the  portly  padre,  Geronimo  Boscana,  who  were  its  cus- 
todians long  before  the  devastating  earthquake  of  1812. 
Then  there  were  glorious  years  of  plenty,  the  In- 
dians manufactured  tiles,  made  candles  and  raised  cat- 
tle. Skippers  and  merchants  came  by  water  and  land 
to  bargain  and  exchange  their  wares  for  skins,  can- 
dles and  wine.  Wealth  poured  in,  making  it  possible 
for  the  padres  to  give  homes  and  employment  to  thou- 
sands of  the  Indian  converts. 

But  with  the  inevitable  destiny  came  debt,  followed 
by  hunger  and  famine.  The  Indians  who  had  found 
refuge  deserted  in  self  preservation.  The  land  barons 
brought  about  the  final  ruin  as  they  auctioned  off  the 
mission  lands  to  the  highest  bidder.  Finally  .  .  restora- 
tion and  preservation  by  the  United  States  govern- 
ment. Only  one  thing  has  not  changed  .  .  the  miracle 
itself. 

In  the  early  days  the  arrival  of  the  swallows  was 
heralded  with  reverent  services  in  the  mission  chapel, 
but  in  later  years  the  event  was  made  the  occasion  for 
festive  celebration.  The  town  was  decorated  to  take 
on  the  spirit  of  fiesta.  The  local  merchants,  with  the 
aid  of  the  chamber  of  commerce,  arranged  an  annual 
parade  that  would  wind  through  the  streets  of  little 
San  Juan  Capistrano  and  circle  the  mission  to  the 
bluster  of  a  band.  Sightseers  and  tourists  came  in 
throngs  as  though  to  see  the  main  event  of  a  big  tent 
show.  Spielers  would  keep  the  spectators  informed 
over  loudspeakers,  even  as  they  were  broadcasting  over 
a  national  network  a  sky-to-nest  description  of  the 
battle   between   the   swallows   and   the   swifts. 

But  when  the  clouds  of  war  began  to  shroud  the 
world,  Father  Arthur  J.  Hutchinson,  the  80-year-old 
pastor,  at  last  found  an  opportunity  to  call  a  halt  to 
the  commercialism  that  had  been  imposed  upon  the 
miracle  of  the  swallows.  In  deference  to  his  wishes, 
the  parades,  the  bands  and  the  broadcasts  were  elim- 
inated .  .  although  visitors  are  still  welcome. 

No  story  of  San  Juan  Capistrano  would  be  com- 
plete without  mention  of  the  much-loved  Juan  Yorba. 
mission  sexton,  whose  87  years  have  covered  almost 
half  that  of  the  mission.  As  a  child  of  eight  he  and 
his   Mexican   parents   came    to    live   within   its   walls. 

Today  there  are  only  a  few  Indians  left,  but  the 
youngest  of  them  knows  there  is  an  old  legend:  "And 
when  as  their  wont  the  swallows  wing  to  Capistrano 
promptly  at  time  of  the  budding  of  the  flowers,  then, 
be  it  known  that  eagles  are  clearing  the  sky  of  carrion 
birds  and  that  days  of  peace,  fruitfulness  and  happi- 
ness are  nigh." 


BY  RAMON  ROMERO 


MONTY    SHERMAN 


usbed  tones  of  coCor 


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The  Star 


BY  CONSTANCE   BENNETT 


"Good  Theater"  .  .  a  popular  phrase  in  theatrical  parlance  .  .  really  means  a  method 
of  presentation,  a  stepping  up  of  values.  It's  frequently  the  difference  between  a  good 
and  bad  stage  play  or  motion  picture.  You  have  seen  screen  plays  which  amused  and 
entertained  you,  but,  on  trying  to  analyze  their  drawing  power,  you  found  yourself 
with  a  handful  of  mist.  The  story  had  no  outstanding  plot,  no  strong  story  line,  no 
message,  but  you  liked  it  and  recommended  it  to  your  friends.  You  were  impressed 
by  "good  theater."  Any  wise  actor  knows  its  value.  It's  a  method  of  entering  a  room, 
of  lighting  a  cigarette,  of  pouring  tea.  It's  any  situation  taken  directly  from  life  and 
hypoed  to  the  point  where  it  is  attention  compelling. 

A  wise  actress  employs  "good  theater"  in  her  clothes  .  .  using  them  to  accentuate 
her  beauty,  to  best  present  her  personality.  Wardrobe  is  part  of  her  professional  equip- 
ment and  definitely  is  one  of  her  negotiable  assets. 

Of  course,  the  motion  picture  stars  have  at  their  disposal  the  world's  cleverest 
designers  .  .  not  only  do  these  wizards  of  shears  and  cloth  bring  forth  exquisite  clothes, 
but  they  evolve  lines  and  styles  calculated  to  present  the  actress  to  her  best  possible 
advantage.  The  designers  must  have  an  acute  awareness  of  the  American  scene,  inas- 
much as  the  pictures  they  design  for  are  shown  in  every  crossroads  hamlet  in  the  coun- 
try. Then,  too,  they  must  see  that  the  costumes  are  plot-right .  .  completely  in  charac- 
ter for  the  wardrobe  of  the  woman  the  actress  is  portraying,  and  accurately  reflect- 
ing the  income,  position  in  life,  background,  the  town  and  the  time  in  which  the 
character   lives. 

Vast  research  and  huge  sums  of  money  are  employed  to  make  sure  everything  about 
a  costume  is  correct.  Let's  figuratively  lift  the  petticoat  of  an  actress  wearing  a 
period  costume:  She  is  garbed  in  the  lingerie  of  the  era  .  .  heavily  stayed  corset, 
starched  petticoat,  pantaloons,  cotton  stockings  and  authentic  shoes.  Though  this  as- 
siduous attention  to  detail  may  seem  unnecessary,  it  has  a  marked  psychological  ef- 
fect on  the  actress  .  .  she's  at  home  in  her  gown,  she's  a  Colonial  Lady,  and  she  can 
easily  convince  her  audience  they're  seeing  the  real  thing. 

Designers  for  motion  picture  stars  must  be  fashion  seers  and  prophets,  for  their 
clothes  must  be  styled  anywhere  from  six  to  eighteen  months  ahead  of  the  mode 
of  the  moment.  Motion  pictures  often  are  made  and  held  for  that  length  of  time 
before  their  release.  A  recent  film  was  held  for  three  years  before  its  release.  But 
the  costumes  still  were  competely  in  vogue.  All  this,  notwithstanding,  the  clothes  mustn't 
be  so  exaggerated,  so  advanced  that  they're  outre.  And,  in  addition  to  everything 
else,  the  designer  must  dress  the  star  so  that  the  audience  is  aware  of  a  beautiful 
woman,  rather  than  a  beautiful  dress. 

Motion  pictures  are  becoming  the  style  setters  of  America.  Women  go  home  from  the 
theater  to  sit  down  at  their  sewing  machines.  There  they  strive  to  whip  up  a  little 
number  which  will  be  at  least  a  reasonable  facsimile  of  what  their  favorite  star  has 
worn.  Sometimes  the  home-styled  gown  doesn't  come  up  to  expectations.  For  the  dis- 
appointed ones,  let  me  point  out  that  the  clothes  worn  by  the  star  are  created  expressly 
for  the  personality  she  portrayed.  And  unless  the  home-stylist  is  drawn  from  a  similar 
type  pattern,  the  effect  of  the  clothes  will  not  be  the  same. 

The  glamor  star,  who  owes  at  least  part  of  her  fame  to  her  clothes-wearing  pro- 
clivities, keeps  her  extensive  personal  wardrobe  as  a  portable  showcase  .  .  bearing  in 
mind  that  diamonds  are  displayed  to  far  greater  advantage  on  black  velvet  than  on 
tan  oilcloth.  But  the  American  standard  of  dress  has  risen  so  high  that  a  business  girl  on 
a  modest  salary  or  a  young  matron  on  a  small  budget  usually  contrives  ways  and  means 
of  being  well   groomed   and   well   dressed. 


FASHION  GOES  ON  RECORD  as  Hillary  Brooke,  star  of  Howard  Hughes  productions,  in- 
vites friends  to  share  in  the  fun  of  a  Packard-Bell  PhonOcord  .  .  .  Miss  Brooke 
lovely  in  Edna  Vilm's  tunic  gown  of  Bianchini  crepe.  Her  guests  wear,  center,  Casa- 
nova's simple  gown   in   silk  faille  and,   right.  Athena's  frock  in  Cohama  crepe. 

DAVID   KOVAR 


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ashion 

with 
forethought 


Fashion  is  soft  .  .  .  flattering 
.   .  .  precision   minded  and   specially 
designed   for  you   if   you're   diminu- 
tive .  .  .  five  feet  four  and  under. 
This  page,  above:  Ken  Sutherland 
gives  illusion  of  height  in  striped  Dan 
River  cotton  dress;  about  $20  at 
Nancy's.   Hollywood.  Below:   Pin  stripes 
and  peplum  interest,  Petite  Casual's  suit  of 
Avondale  chambray;  under  $20  at 
Sanger  Bros.,  Dallas.    Weyman  hat. 
Wittman    bag. 


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Pleated  yoke,  shoulder  accent:  Sergee's  dress  of  Duplex  Sanchilla;  about  $18  at  Buffums',  Long  Beach;  J.  N. 
Adam,   Buffalo;   Dewees,  Philadelphia.    Caspar-Davis  hat;  Ailuj   gloves. 


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IF  JUNE  RHYMES  WITH  MOON 


YOU'RE  IN  LOVE  ...  IN 


AMERICA,  JAVA  OR  TIMBUCTOO 


^^ 


romance  around  th 


•  The  American  girl  who  excitedly  faces  her  wed- 
ding day  is  a  busy  girl  .  .  she  leads  a  complex  life. 
There  are  the  gown,  the  church,  the  flowers,  the  cere- 
mony, the  relatives  .  .  perhaps  even  cooking  school  .  . 
notes  to  be  answered  .  .  calls  to  make  .  .  and  the 
thousand  and  one  details  that  brides  are  heir  to.  Not 
so  with  our  cousins  from  afar. 

On  the  Island  of  Samoa  a  native  wedding  consists 
largely  of  a  bride  and  bridegroom  eating  their  wed- 
ding cake  together.  Guests  at  the  wedding  feast  are 
given  small  baskets  in  which  to  carry  to  tbeir  homes 
the  food  they  are  unable  to  consume.  And  among  the 
aboriginal  native  tribes  of  the  Philippines  the  mar- 
riage ceremony  is  extremely  simple.  A  native  priest 
or  medicine  man  breaks  a  loaf  of  "blessed  bread"  over 
the  bowed  heads  of  the  kneeling  couple  and  .  . 
presto  .  .  they  are  man  and  wife.  Much  tribal  feast- 
ing is  indulged  in,  however,  after  the  bread-breaking 
ceremony  and  the  happy  twosome  munch  the  blessed 
bread  together  as  a  symbol  of  their  oneness. 

On  many  of  the  Philippine  Islands  the  native  gir 
beauties  are  chosen  as  brides  according  to  the  quality 
of  their  cooking  and  the  length  and  beauty  of  their 


world 


hair.  The  better  a  girl's  cookery,  and  the  lovelier  her 
tresses,  the  better  chance  she  has  to  acquire  a  wealthy 
husband.  Girls  often  are  seen  with  heads  thrust  out 
windows,  brushing  their  hair  to  attract  the  admiration 
of  passing  bachelors.  In  Java,  as  an  important  part 
of  a  wedding  ceremony,  the  bride  places  a  dainty  foot 
firmly  on  a  fresh  egg  and  crushes  it.  Then  she  ap- 
plies the  egg  yolk  to  the  groom's  bare  feet.  This 
signifies,  according  to  tradition,  that  the  bride  will 
always  "love  and  cherish"  her  husband  until  death. 
In  Java  the  egg  is  a  symbol  of  "life,  love  and  ever- 
lasting devotion." 

In  Korea  the  groom  furnishes  the  wedding  cake 
for  the  nuptial  feast.  The  cake  resembles  a  large 
stack  of  thick,  white  pancakes,  and  on  each  layer 
is  inscribed  a  phrase  in  sugary  icing  which,  trans- 
lated from  Korean,  means  "Health,  wealth,  and  many 
male  children."  In  the  mountain  villages  of  Tibet, 
when  a  girl  and  boy  fall  in  love,  the  engagement  is 
arranged  by  their  parents.  The  young  man's  father 
presents  the  girl's  father  with  what  is  known  as  "beg- 
ging beer."  and  gifts  of  fresh  meat.  If  her  father 
accepts  the   "begging  beer."   a   bitter,   potent   concoc- 


tion, and  downs  it  heartily  that  means  he  accepts 
the  young  man's  suit  for  his  daughter's  hand.  If  he 
refuses,  the  suitor  must  find  himself  another  girl. 

On  the  Vanikoro  Islands  in  the  South  Seas,  when 
a  romantic  swain  chooses  a  prospective  bride,  he  sets 
to  work  catching  a  tropical  bird  with  brilliant  plumage. 
It  takes  many  days'  stalking  to  capture  one  of  these 
elusive  birds  .  .  he  must  produce  the  feathers  for  the 
bride  to  wear  at  their  wedding.  No  feathers  .  .  no 
bride.  If  a  native  girl  in  Siam  reaches  the  age  of 
thirty  without  finding  a  husband  she  can  demand 
that  the  government  provide  her  with  a  helpmate. 
And  the  government  is  required  to  do  just  that  by 
law.  But  there's  a  catch  in  this  queer  legality.  The 
government  is  not  at  all  choosey  in  selecting  a  hubby 
for  the  girl.  An  unmarried  man  is  released  from  one 
of  the  Siamese  prisons  and  it's  up  to  the  spouse- 
seeking  maiden  to  marry  him. 

Husband-seeking  girls  of  Timor-Laut,  East  Indies, 
are  obligated  by  an  ancient  tribal  law  to  keep  one 
eye  closed  in  the  presence  of  wooing  suitors.  .  .  never 
open  both  until  the  engagement  has  been  officially 
announced!  In  Ceylon,  a  solemn  part  of  the  wedding 
ritual  has  to  do  with  the  thumbs  of  the  bride  and 
groom.  After  the  ceremony  the  bride's  left  thumb 
is  tied  to  the  groom's  right  thumb,  and  thus  lashed 
together  the  loving  twosome  eat  together  from  the 
same  plate  at  the  wedding  feast  .  .  the  bride  feeding 
the   groom   and   vice  versa,   with   their  free  hands. 

It's  up  to  the  Papuan  brides  of  New  Guinea  to 
provide  the  family  food  after  the  wedding  ...  as  a  rule 
the  men  are  inordinately  lazy.  A  Papuan  belle,  there- 
fore, is  reluctant  to  choose  a  fat  man  for  her  hus- 
band, believing  he  eats  too  much.  "Nobody  loves  a 
fat  man"  is  particularly  true  in  New  Guinea.  Native 
grooms  of  Atchin  Island,  New  Hebrides,  reside  only 
transiently  with  their  beauteous  brides,  and  never 
eat  with  them.  The  men  reside  in  native  huts  of  their 
own  and  do  their  own  cooking.  But  they  do  drop  in 
for  "visits"  with  their  brides  at  infrequent  intervals 
.  .  thus  asserting  their  independence  of  nuptial  ties. 
On  some  South  Seas  islands,  when  a  baby  girl  is  born 
her  parents  go  down  to  the  water's  edge  and  catch 
a  baby  turtle,  which  becomes  baby's  playmate  and  a 
household  pet.  When  the  child  reaches  womanhood, 
falls  in  love,  and  the  wedding  date  is  set,  the  turtle, 
now  full  grown,  fat  and  hefty,  is  killed  and  converted 
into  a  huge  pot  of  delectable  turtle  soup  for  the 
feast.  The  bride,  sometimes  tearful  over  the  loss  of 
her  beloved  pet,  and  the  groom,  who  wastes  no  grief 
over  the  late  lamented,  eat  the  soup  with  their  guests 
and  plan  to  have  a  baby  girl  of  their  own  .  .  and  a 
baby  turtle  to  grow  up  with  her  and  provide  more 
soup. 

The  Brahmans  of  India  hurl  rice  at  the  bride  and 
groom  after  the  wedding  .  .  but  it's  a  special  sort  of 
rice  .  .  soaked  in  pungent,  delightfully  aromatic  per- 
fume. And  no  Brahman  marriage  is  considered  quite 
legal  if  perfumed  rice  is  not  tossed  generously  at 
the  newly  wedded  pair.    Strange  world. 


by  James  Edward  Hunj§erford 


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THEY'RE  SWIMMING  IN  THE  PARLOR 


Here  is  the  most  talked  about  suimming  pool  of  the  year  .  .  . 
and  the  girls  who  played  Alice  in  Wonderland  .  .  .  modern  scene. 
Babs  Neel,  left,  and  Wanda  Allis  spent  an  exciting  day  in  the 
fabulous  resort  house  built  by  Raymond  Loeivy  .  .  climaxed  it  by 
taking  a  dive  into  the  living  room  and  suimming  out  into  the  sun! 


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It's  not  unusual  in  California  for  someone  to  build 
a  house  that  is  vastly  different  from  its  neighbor.  But 
when  Raymond  Loewy,  noted  industrial  designer,  de- 
cided upon  a  resort  home  in  Palm  Springs,  even  the 
spectacular  was  surpassed.  Who'd  ever  dream  of  a 
swimming  pool  in  the  living  room?  Who  else  would 
plan  artificial  rain  on  the  roof?  A  wonderful  blend- 
ing of  antique  with  modern  furniture,   and   .   . 

But  that's  where  Babs  Neel  and  Wanda  Allis  come 
in. 

These  two  Palm  Springs  girls  heard  about  the  fan- 
tastic new  house  right  in  their  own  desert  country  .  . 
couldn't  believe  what  they  heard.  So  they  picked 
their  way  through  picturesque  boulders,  saw  the  sharp, 
clean  lines  of  a  really  modern  house  .  .  differentiated 
by  one  corrugated  aluminum  wall  in  combination 
with  chocolate  brown  plaster. 

Inside,  they  took  a  quick  dive  into  the  living  room 
.  .  into  a  pool  which  extends  right  into  the  house! 
The  pattering  sound  of  rain  was  a  mechanical  illusion 
for  conversational  use.  But  they  found  more  ex- 
clamation points  in  this  unusual  room:  pecky-cypress 
walls  .  .  Louisiana  swampwood,  bleached  and  sand- 
blasted to  a  wondrous  texture  .  .  contrasting  with  two 
panels  painted  brown.  An  entire  wall  of  windows 
where  Dorothy  Liebes'  handwoven  draperies  are  an 
explosion  of  color  .  .  Sixteenth  Century  hand-carved 
Mexican  antiques  blending  perfectly  with  sleek  lines 
of  modern  furniture  .  .  in  brown  and  yellow  color 
scheme  and  an  off-white  rug. 

Glass  walls  disappear  and  presto!  The  patio  and 
living  room  are  as  one.  Once  outside,  the  L-shape 
construction  of  the  house  is  revealed,  with  a  pergola 
trellis  creating  partial  shade  effect,  a  perforated  semi- 
circular metal  screen  securing  the  privacy  .  .  and 
completing  the  square. 

It's  a  two  bedroom  house  with  maid's  quarters  .  . 
designed  for  resort  life  and  planned  by  architects  Bob 
Clark  and  Albert  Frey.  It's  the  way  life  is  lived  in 
sunny  California  .  .  yes,  but  only  once  in  a  blue  moon. 


DONALD    HIGGINS 


Looking  into   patio,   note  interesting  construction   design. 


there's  rain 

on  the  roof  .  . 

a  swimming  pool 

in  the  living  room 

.  .  this  palm  springs 

house   is   unbelievably 

modern  .  . 


Time  out  to  rest  .  .  note  16th  century  antiques  overhead. 


0    Louvre  rails  protect  lanai 


a 


man 

size 
house 


When  George  Badger  was  overseas  he  dreamed  of  a  home, 
and  when  he  came  back  to  America  he  made  it  his  business  to 
build  it. 

Architect  Theodore  Pletsch  blue-printed  the  nucleus  of  his  idea, 
then  Loren  B.  Weaver  started  to  build  the  house  for  him  on  a 
small  lot  in  Manhattan  Beach.  It  was  scarcely  begun  before 
Badger  started  working  with  the  builder  to  speed  the  day  of 
moving  in  .  .  .  and  soon  this  building  business  got  under  his  skin. 
Today  Badger  and  Weaver  are  a  busi- 
ness team  .  .  .  building  other  small  homes. 
Encompassing  a  neat  596  square  feet, 
the  original  house  includes  a  generous 
living  room  with  a  really  practical  sleep- 
ing alcove  tucked  in  a  deep  recess  by  the 
fireplace  ...  a  kitchen  alcove,  tiny  bed- 
room and  bath  .  .  .  and  a  wonderful 
lanai.  Bachelor  heaven  is  the  kitchen-bar 
arrangement,  with  all  the  comforts  of  the 
old-fashioned  variety,  plus  some  wrinkles 
mother  never  dreamed.  A  low  bamboo  bar  is  the  only  separation 
between  kitchen  and  living  room,  so  the  host,  too,  can  enjoy  the 
company  of  his  cronies  while  "sweating  over  a  hot  stove." 

The  house  has  ample  storage  space:  a  huge  drawer  under  the 
recessed  bed,  a  whole  wall  of  closet  space  backing  up  the  fire- 
place, and  the  panel  separating  kitchen  and  bedroom  is  a  closet 
from  floor  to  ceiling.  The  bedroom  is  in  miniature,  completely 
compact:  double  closets  .  .  .  one  for  hanging  clothes,  another 
neatly  shelved  ...  a  built-in  chest  for  tidiness  .  .  .  room  for 
a   good,  big  bed. 

However,  it  is  in  color  that  the  house  makes  a  really  big 
splash.  The  bedroom  is  battleship  gray  with  lime,  and  just 
a  touch  of  tobacco-brown.  Living  room  walls  are  honey-colored, 
placing  due  emphasis  on  the  "combed"  wood;  a  deep  bright 
blue  and  lime  tropical  floral  pattern  covers  sleek  rattan  fur- 
niture. A  plain  chartreuse  couch  is  spread  with  plump  blue 
pillows  .  .  .  indirect  lighting  in  golden  tones,  plus  a  blue- 
tinted  lamp  that  intensifies  the  sea-blue  tones  at  night.  Won- 
derful adjunct  to  the  small  house  is  the  lanai,  which  opens 
directly  off  the  living  room.  In  fact,  double  glass  doors  slide 
back  to  make  the  two  areas  as  one  ...  a  great  help  during  en- 
tertaining ...  a  wonderful  way  to  encourage  indoor-outdoor 
living  at  all  times.  Louvre-type  rails  deflect  the  wind,  secure 
ample  privacy  as  well. 

"The  one  thing  I  wanted  but  couldn't  have  was  a  hanging 
fireplace,"  Badger  said,  but  admits  satisfaction  with  the  anchored 
variety  which  boasts  an  elevated  hearth  to  keep  embers  at  eye- 
level.  You  see  .  .  .  having  had  no  previous  building  experi- 
ence, this  householder  claims  he  didn't  realize  that  certain  things 
just  couldn't  be  done  ...  so  he  did  them.  At  any  rate,  he  brought 
many  ideas  into  the  realm  of  practicality  ...  his  little  house 
is  full  of  many  things  .  .  .  but  all  of  one  peace. 

596  SQUARE   FEET  OF 

FLOOR   SPACE 

ENCOMPASSES  A  WHALE   OF  A  LOT 

OF  CALIFORNIA  LIVING 

FOR  GEORGE   BADGER 

BY  VIRGINIA  SCALLON 


California 

COOKS... 


Do  you  know  your  wine? 

The  story  of  California's  wine  industry 
and  the  story  of  her  missions,  too.  had  their 
beginnings  at  San  Diego  .  .  the  city  Fra  Junipero 
Serra  founded  in  1769  by  the  sea.  It  was  there, 
at  his  first  mission,  that  Father  Serra  planted  the 
first  grapevine  cutting  to  take  root  in  Cali- 
fornia soil.  Wine  was  important  to  the  Fran- 
ciscan Fathers,  for  they  needed  it  for  the  Sacra- 
ment as  well  as  for  a  healthful  beverage.  The 
California  climate  was  perfect  for  the  propaga- 
tion of  the  grape  .  .  indeed  a  blessing.  And  so 
a  vineyard  became  an  important  part  of  each 
new  mission  as  it  was  established,  and  it  was 
at  the  second  one.  Mission  San  Gabriel,  that 
the  Vina  Madre.  or  Mother  Vineyard,  was  be- 
gun. Still  there  today  is  the  Trinity  Vine  .  . 
the  oldest  grapevine  in  California. 

Although  the  only  grape  planted  by  Father 
Serra  was  a  sturdy  member  of  the  genus  Vitis 
vinifera  (The  Mission  Grape),  we  now  have 
more  than  a  hundred  varieties  in  California. 
Indeed.  California  wines  need  not  masquerade 
as  French  w-ines.  nor  borrow  their  names.  In- 
stead, they  bear  with  pride  the  names  of  the 
grapes  from  which  they're  pressed.  Varietal 
wines,  we  call  them,  and  the  best  come  from 
the  Napa.  Sonoma  and  Livermore  valleys,  and 
from  the  mountains  of  Santa  Cruz.  But  it  takes 
more  than  fine  grapes  to  produce  the  best  wines 
.   .  it  takes  the  skill   and  knowledge   of  experi- 


with 


wine 


enced  vintners  .  .  and  it  takes  a  perfect  climate 
California   has  both   .   .  but  naturally. 

Wine  has  two  places  in  our  cuisine  .  .  at  the 
table  and  in  the  kitchen.  Even  the  dullest  meal 
brightens  considerably  if  it's  accompanied  by  a 
fine  wine,  and  many  a  dish  becomes  an  epi- 
curean treat  when  wine  is  included  in  its 
preparation. 

So  if  it's  a  red  wine  you're  wanting,  choose 
a  Cabernet,  a  Pinot  Noir,  a  Camay,  or  a  Zin- 
fandel  or  Mourestal.  For  white  wine,  a  Pinot 
Blanc,  a  Sauvignon  Blanc,  a  Semillon,  a  Syl- 
vaner  or  a  Reisling  will  give  you  of  the  finest. 
Try  them  all,  the  best  wine  is  the  one  that  tastes 
the  best  to  you.  And  it's  the  best  wine  that 
should  find  its  way  into  your  food.  The  term 
"cooking  wine"  is  a  vicious  one ;  it's  been  batted 
about  so  long  that  many  cooks,  even  good  ones, 
think  that  it's  synonymous  with  "cheap 
wine."  So  cook  with  the  best  wine 
that  your  budget  can  bear,  and  remem- 
ber that  a  little  goes  a  long  way. 

Eldorado,  the  Land  of  Gold  .  .  that's  Cali- 
fornia, and  that's  what  I  have  named  one  of 
my  favorite  one-dish  meals: 

ELDORADO  CHICKEN  CASSEROLE 

Have  two  frying  chickens  disjointed  and  cut  in 
serving-si-ze  pieces,  then  roll  in  flour  that  has 
been  seasoned  with  salt  and  pepper,  and  brown 
lightly  in  olive  oil.  Into  your  largest  earthen- 
ware casserole  put  a  chopped  onion,  one  table- 
spoon of  minced  parsley  and  an  herb  bouquet 
which  has  had  a  clove  of  garlic  tied  in  with  it. 
Leave  the  string  of  the  bouquet  hanging  over 
the  edge  of  the  casserole  so  that  you  can  re- 
move it  later  in  the  game.  Pour  on  a  quarter 
cup  of  olive  oil  and  the  same  amount  of  butter. 
Dispose  your  chicken  on  this  bed  of  herbs  and 
add  two  cups  of  white  wine.  Cover  and  pop 
into  your  oven  which  you  have  set  at  350°. 
During  the  cooking  turn  the  chicken  occasional- 
ly, so  that  it  will  be  well  anointed  with  its 
salubrious  sauce.  And  while  the  chicken  is 
cooking,  or  beforehand  if  you're  not  the  speedy 
type,  cut  some  potatoes  into  balls  with  a  French 
vegetable  cutter.  If  you're  not  adept  at  this. 
I'll  reluctantly  settle  for  potatoes  cut  in  large 
dice. 

Parboil  these  potato  balls  until  just  under 
done,  and  do  likewise  with  some  small  boiling 
onions,  having  approximately  two  dozen  of  each. 
Saute  a  half  pound  of  mushroom  caps  very 
lightly;  and  cook  some  peas  .  .  either  fresh  or 
frozen  .  .  these  also  not  quite  done.  There's  a 
reason  and  this  is  it:  when  the  chicken  is  all 
but  done  .  .  and  you're  a  good  enough  cook 
to  know  when  that  is  by  the  feel  of  the  fork 
.  .  you  add  the  vegetables.  But  not  all  in  a 
heap.  First,  pour  off  a  cupful  of  the  juice  and 
save  it,  but  taste  it  first,  and  if  necessary  im- 
prove the  seasoning.    Put  a  circle  of  the  potato 


balls  around  the  outer  edge  of  the 
casserole,  then  a  row  of  mushrooms. 
Next  a  row  of  the  onions,  and  then,  in  the 
middle,  the  peas.  Pretty,  isn't  it?  Pour  over 
it  the  juice  you've  saved,  making  sure  that  all 
the  vegetables  are  coated.  Now  back  into  the 
oven  until  everything  is  all  of  a  doneness.  (I 
forgot  to  remove  the  herb  bouquet,  but  I'm  sure 
you  didn't.)  When  done,  this  dreamy  dish 
should  have  a  lovely  brown  glaze  with  savory 
juices  bubbling  up  through  the  vegetables.  It's 
wine  cookery  at  its  best,  and  you're  very  wel- 
come. 

But  wine  is  a  beverage  first  of  all,  and  it 
may  be  imbibed  as  is,  or  as  any  one  of  a  num- 
ber of  wine  punches  or  cups.  One  such  punch 
is  made  with  a  white  wine  base,  and  is  a  fa- 
vorite wherever  a  large  number  of  peo- 
ple need  liquid  refreshment.  Is  there  a 
wedding  in  your  offing?  It  may  be  as 
potent  or  as  innocuous  as  you  wish,  de- 
pending on  how  heavy-handed  you  are 
with  the  spirits  .  .  or  the  water.  But 
this  is  the  general  idea: 


THE  MISSION  FATHERS 


VINTED  THE  FIRST  WINE 


OF  CALIFORNIA  .  .  TODAY 


CALIFORNIAN  PUNCH 


IT  ADDS  ZEST  AND  FLAVOR 


TO  THE  WORLD'S  CUISINE 


First  make  yourself  some  simple  syrup 
by  boiling  together  two  cups  of  sugar 
with  one  cup  of  water.  If  you're  very  by  Helen  Evans  Brown 
meticulous  you'll  clarify  it  with  a 
beaten  white  of  egg  .  .  the  way  you 
would  consomme.  Cool  this.  Now  chill  your 
punch  bowl,  put  a  big  hunk  of  ice  in  it  and 
pour  in  one  bottle  (4/5  of  a  quart)  of  the  white 
wine  of  your  choice  .  .  maybe  a  Semillon  or  a 
Pinot  Blanc.  Add  an  equal  amount  of  charged 
water,  a  jigger,  or  two  or  three,  of  California 
Brandy,  the  same  amount  of  rum  as  of  brandy, 
and  some  of  your  cool-by-now  simple  syrup. 
Garnish  this  with  chunks  of  fresh  pineapple  and 
a  few  thin  slices  of  oranges  and  lemons.  Or  you 
could  use  white  seedless  grapes,  or  fresh  ripe 
peaches.  With  those  quantities  you've  made  ap- 
proximately two  quarts  or  twenty  punch  cupfuls. 
so  figure  it  out  for  yourself.  You  know,  better 
than  I,  the  capacity  of  your  friends.  But  don't 
say  I  didn't  warn  you! 

Of  all  the  foods  cooked  with  wine,  perhaps 
fish  gains  most  in  its  use.  So  do  make  fish  day 
wine  day  too.  Then  thank  your  California  vint- 
ners for  some  really  fine  fare. 

I've  not  intentionally  slighted  the  red  wines 
of  California,  I  just  got  going  on  the  whites  and 
couldn't  stop.  Red  are  the  wines  you'll  want 
with  beef  and  with  game  .  .  and  sometimes  with 
fish  and  chicken,  too.  Try  soaking  some  plump, 
tender  California  prunes  in  red  wine  overnight, 
and  serving  them  as  something  pretty  special 
with  roast  pork  or  goose.  And  red  wine  added 
to  a  strained  beef  broth  is  a  superb  beginning 
for  a  formal  dinner. 


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ARTURO  DE  CORDOVA  .  . 
.ATIN  LOVER 


SERGIO  DE  KARLO 
ROMANTIC  HOPE 


NOT  LONG  AGO  a  teen-age  girl  in  Wash- 
ington wrote  a  letter  to  Edward  Small,  Holly- 
wood producer.  "All  my  life,"  she  penned,  "I 
have  heard  about  Rudolph  Valentino.  Will  you 
please  send  me  a  photograph  of  him  and  tell 
me  about  him.  I  have  never  seen  any  of  his 
movies,  but  my  mother  and  many  other  older 
people  here  talk  about  him  with  such  enthusiam. 
He  must  have  been  a  very  remarkable  man  to 
fee  so  vividly  remembered  after  all  these  years." 

Rudolph  Valentino  was  indeed  a  "very  re- 
markable man,"  but  even  more  remarkable  is  the 
enduring  remembrance  of  him  .  .  both  in  and 
out  of  the  motion  picture  realm  where  he  was 
king  .  .  that  has  defied  death  and  the  passing 
of  more  than  twenty-one  years. 

In  1938  Edward  Small  announced  that  he  was 
preparing  to  film  "The  Life  of  Rudolph  Valen- 
tino." Time  passed  .  .  delays  heaped  upon  dis- 
appointments. The  death  of  Jack  Dunn,  hand- 
some ice  skater  Small  had  selected  for  the  role, 
was  followed  by  the  war,  which  may  have  been 
a  contributing  factor.  Small  had  scored  many 
movie  hits,  so  his  plans  were  not  to  be  cate- 
goried  with  the  wishful  thinking  in  which  some 
producers  indulge.  Today,  at  last,  the  filming 
of  the  story  of  the  great  star  seems  to  be  on 
the  definite  agenda. 

And  an  astonishing  aspect  of  the  project  is 
that  it  has  not  suffered  during  these  nine  years 
of  postponement  .  .  not  from  popular  interest. 
Small's  office  is  continually  flooded  with  letters 
and  snapshots  from  aspirants  to  the  Valentino 
role.    Wives  and  kinfolk  have  deluged  him  with 

IL^LENTINO? 

written  pleas  and  pictures  of  men  whom  they 
visualize  as  portrayers  of  Valentino. 

No  one  can  explain  this  phenomenon.  Living, 
Valentino  was  traduced  by  savage  jealousies  as 
often  as  he  was  eulogized  by  his  admirers.  Only 
a  few  days  before  he  died,  he  was  columniated 
by  a  Chicago  newspaperman  who  questioned  his 
manhood.  This  so  enraged  Valentino  that  he 
challenged  the  scribe  to  fight. 

Someone   has   suggested  that  Valentino's   en- 


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during  hold  on  the  memories  of  those  who  knew 
him  personally,  and  those  who  knew  him  only 
on  the  screen,  is  that  his  career  was  cut  short 
in  the  flower  of  his  life  .  .  that  such  tragic 
deaths  always  capture  our  sentimentalities.  That 
may  be  true,  but  other  screen  stars,  such  as  the 
immensely  popular  Wallace  Reid,  Robert  Har- 
ron  and  Harold  Lockwood  .  .  to  mention  three 
favorites  of  early-day  movies  .  .  died  in  the 
bloom  of  their  careers  and  when  they  were  still 
young.  None  is  remembered  so  ardently  as 
Valentino  is  remembered.  Will  Rogers'  death, 
for  example,  evoked  frenzied  grief  for  a  time, 
but  even  he  has  not  been  so  tenaciously  recalled. 
The  death  of  Valentino  had  the  overtones  of  a 
Greek  tragedy,  but  it  is  the  fullness  of  his  liv- 
ing, both  on  and  off  the  screen,  that  has  en- 
shrined him  in  our  memories. 

The  editor  of  The  Californian  has  asked  me 
to  write  about  Valentino  as  I  remember  him. 
I  was  not  his  close  friend,  but  I  did  get  to  know 
him  fairly  well  during  the  years  from  1922  to 
1926.  Often  I  was  on  movie  sets  where  he 
was  working  and  I  had  frequent  conversations 
with  him.  Valentino  was  a  man  of  great  per- 
sonal magnetism,  and,  like  almost  everybody 
who  met  him,  I  was  enchanted  by  his  courteous 
consideration  for  co-workers,  his  engaging  sense 
of  humor.  The  adulation  heaped  upon  him 
would  have  made  a  conceited  ass  of  a  lesser 
man,  but  Valentino  was  the  closest  thing  to  a 
Hollywood  idol  without  feet  of  clay. 

There  were  and  are  many  screen  heroes  more 
handsome  than  he,  but  their  Adonis-like  beauty 
only  accentuates  their  shortcomings  in  contrast 
to  his  vibrant  individuality.  His  olive  com- 
plexion, magnificent  physique  and  sleek  patent- 
leather  hair  were  highlighted  by  the  expressive 
sensitivity  of  his  features.  Valentino's  early 
years  were  filled  with  tribulations,  and  there 
was  always  a  brooding  sadness  in  his  dark  eyes. 
He  had  the  Latins'  love  of  bright  colors  in 
clothes  and  automobiles,  yet  he  was  always  well 
groomed  and  faultlessly  tailored.  He  would 
have  been  attractive  in  a  gunnysack. 

Born  in  Castellaneta,  Italy,  May  6,  1895,  his 
real  name  was  Rodolfo  Alfonzo  Raffaelo  Pierre 
Filibert  Guglielmi  di  Valentina  d'Antonguolla  .  . 

(Continued  on  page  70) 


FOR  MORE  THAN 

TWENTY  YEARS 

HOLLYWOOD 

UNSUCCESSFULLY 

HAS  SOUGHT  A 

SUCCESSOR 

TO  THE  SHEIK   .    . 

STILL  THE  IDOL 

OF  MILLIONS 

OF  INFATUATED  FANS 


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53 


in 

California 

it's... 


THE   PEOPLE  WHO  EXCEL  AND 

'  DO   IT  DIFFERENT"  THAN  THE  REST 


HELEN    GRAHAM  .   .   THE    BODY 


OTTO  K.  OLESENis  a  Danish-bom  pioneer 
of  Hollywood  .  .  specializes  in  search- 
light advertising  and  decorative  stunts 
.  .  thrusts  his  ordinary  or  garden-variety 
beams  skyward  for  supermarket  grand 
openings  and  motion  picture  premieres. 
For  special  events  out  come  light-and- 
color  tricks  that  make  the  crowds  go 
"Ah!"  Two  used  Army  searchlights 
purchased  after  World  War  I  are  the  venerable  ancestors  of  his  new 
models.  "Tugboat  Annie"  is  THELMA  RANKIN  SCHADEK  who  operates  a  profit- 
able garbage  scow  enterprise  in  the  harbor  of  San  Diego.  Chief  customers 
.  .  government  ships,  luxury  liners,  private  pleasure  craft.  Seagoers  hoist 
the  blue  and  yellow  flag  .  .  the  "come  and  get  it"  sign  .  .  and  Thelma's 
busy  barges  chug  alongside  to  load.  Death  of  her  husband  in  1943  left 
Mrs.  Schadek  with  the  odd  occupation  as  "Queen  of  the  Honey  Barge.'" 
EMILIE  ROMAINE  is  a  San  Francisco  commercial  photographer,  fencing 
champ  and  enthusiastic  sailor  .  .  was  a  circus  aerialist  and  trapeze  artist. 
She  and  husband  Karl  became  a  professional  dancing  duo  .  .  then  tackled 
photography  and  their  thriving  studio  in  the  big  city.  JEANNIE  McKEON 
started  out  on  a  path  blazed  by  Mme.  Curie  .  .  switched  to  music  and  now 
vocals  for  top  radio  shows.  Outstanding  equestrienne  and  swimmer,  she 
records,  entertains  hospitalized  vets  and  did  a  singing  stint  as  feature  at 
the  famous  Slapsy  Maxie's.  HELEN  GRAHAM  is  the  twinkling  Star  of  Santa 
Cruz  .  .  wonder  girl  at  College  of  the  Pacific  .  .  yell-leader  and  vice- 
president  of  student  body  .  .  member  of  All-American  Swim  Team  for 
1945  .  .  now  in  Wh°'s  Who  of  U.  S.  and  Canadian  college  folk. 


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Jje  you  bride,  matron,  or  yet  unwed  .  .  every  woman  faces 
the  same  problem  of  what-to-wear  for  a  trip  to  California. 
While  the  new  "Mrs."  is  traditionally  concerned  with  clothes 
to  make  her  exceptionally  beautiful,  every  traveler  takes  in- 
ordinate pride  in  the  way  she  looks. 

So  let's  take  a  look  at  the  map  .  .  at  the  weather  chart 
.  .  and  make  a  few  suggestions  as  to  the  clothes  you'll  need 
in  California  in  the  bride's  own  month  of  June: 

It's  a  balmy  season,  warm-to-hot  all  day  along  the  coast 
.  .  with  providentially  cool  nights  .  .  maybe  an  occasional 
coolish  day,  too.  So  let  your  travel  suit  be  dark  in  color, 
light  in  weight  .  .  one  of  the  spice  box  browns  or  new  gray 
tones  is  a  wonderful  choice.  A  light-colored,  lightweight 
tweed  is  a  good  traveler,  but  not  as  versatile  as  the  smooth 
fabric  type,  which  may  be  dressed  up  or  be-calmed  with  ac- 
cessory magic. 

Today,  you  can  buy  the  perfect  travel  duo:  suit  with  match- 
ing or  contrasting  topper  .  .  or  you  may  prefer  to  assemble 
your  own.  And  if  you  want  to  bring  only  one  coat,  choose  a 
color  that  will  blend  with  the  rest  of  your  wardrobe,  a  type  that 
will  look  right  with  your  skirts.  A  long  coat  is  appropriate 
with  anything,  a  shortie  looks  best  with  the  slim  silhouette. 
If  you  have  room,  a  short  pastel  coat  or  even  light  furs  will 
come  in  handy  for  evening  or  late  afternoon  wear. 

The  blouse  situation  is  easily  solved  today.  Be  thankful  for 
the  feminine  batiste  and  organdies  and  pure  silk  prints  back 
on  the  market  .  .  sweet  freshening  touches,  to  vary  your  usual 
choice   of   soft-tailored   crepes,   crisp   cottons,   light   sweaters. 


Actually,  a  suit  can  be  varied  to  take  you  anywhere  in  really 
fine  style,  but  you'll  find  it  nice  to  have  a  few-  extras  .  .  such 
as  a  cotton  suit  .  .  maybe  with  matching  shorts,  bra  and  similar 
mix-matchables  .  .  a  soft  little  print  or  pastel  crepe  for  dress- 
up  occasions  .  .  and  a  wonderful  long-skirted  gown  only  if 
you  plan  an  extra-formal  program. 

But  remember  always  that  June  is  plavtime  in  California, 
so  make  sure  you  have  proper  things  to  wear:  swim  suits  and 
sun  suits,  a  golf  dress,  if  you're  so  inclined,  riding  clothes  if 
you  ride  (bring  informal  habits,  even  blue  jeans,  to  Southern 
California  .  .  a  more  tailored  interpretation  for  the  north. ) 
You  may  expect  to  spend  lazy  hours  on  the  beach  .  .  close  by 
or  at  an  adjacent  resort:  you'll  probably  drive  like  crazy 
up  and  down  the  coast  to  sight-see.  picnic  and  visit :  you  may 
take  a  boat  trip  to  Santa  Catalina.  or  a  drive  up  the  scenic. 
wide  highways  to  mile-high  Lake  Arrowhead  .  .  you'll  enjoy 
outdoor  concerts,  theatre  and  informal  barbecue  parties  under 
the  summer  stars. 

In  fact,  your  hobbies  and  your  destination  determine  the 
things  you'll  need  to  bring  with  you  .  .  so  check  your  route, 
consult  your  hosts,  then  plan  accordingly.  Don't  forget  such 
California-extras  as  .  .  sun  glasses,  play  shoes,  a  scarf  or 
two,  maybe  a  sun  tan  lo- 


tion. Or  maybe  you'll 
want  to  buy  these  and  a 
few  other  bits  of  Califor- 


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WEATHER     DATA     FOR 

Los  Angeles  San  Francisco 
Average               66.4  58.9 

Highest  105  97 

Lowest  46  46 


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Travelin'  the 


MISSION 
TRAIL 


Summer  suits  incline  to  travel,  light- 
weight dresses  show  the  way.  And 
you'll  find  the  surplice  yoke,  the 
fuller  sleeves,  the  bigger  pockets. 
This  page,  left:  going  places,  pockets 
come  high  on  unlined  suit  by  John- 
ston's Sportswear.  Center:  stop-over. 
Joy  Kingston's  striped  seersucker 
suit.  Right:  mission  note,  caped 
sleeve  dress  by  Joseph  Zukin  of 
California.  Opposite  page,  left 
above:  new  places,  skirt  slims,  shoul- 
ders are  wide  in  Keel's  two-piecer: 
Weyman  hat.  Left,  below:  fashion 
guide,  collar,  cuff  interest  by  Joy 
Kingston.  Center:  vacation  imprints, 
petticoat  dress  by  Linsk.  Right:  at- 
tention getter  is  Koret  of  California's 
unlined  suit  with  belted  back.  Leslie- 
James  hat.  For  the  stores  offering 
this  merchandise  see  page  68. 


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Summer  sportswear  inclines  to  fun, 
to  fuller  skirts,  to  sunbacks.  Oppo- 
site page,  left:  pushers  go  every- 
where, tailored  with  inner-outer  boy 
shirt  by  Stuart.  Center:  young  is  the 
swimmer,  junior  sized  by  Maurice 
Handler;  halter  ties  or  goes  strap- 
less. Right:  tailored  man's  shirt 
matches  little  girl  dirndl  by  James 
Frederick;  Weyman  hat.  This  page, 
left:  Lynn  Lester's  dress  of  the  big 
pockets;  Leslie  James  hat.  Center: 
Jean  Durain  matches  sunbacks  in  big 
and  little  sizes;  jackets  not  shown. 
Right:  halter  top  suns  shoulders  in 
dress  with  jacket  by  Lawson.  For 
the  stores  offering  this  merchandise 
see  page  68. 


Shining  Example  of  Leisurely  Grace 


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san  francisco 


women  interpret 


California 


BARBARA    BELL,    ABOVE,    IN    THE 
PATIO  OF   MISSION   SAN   JOSE, 
WEARS    SOFT    CREPE    DRESS    BY 
NATHALIE     NICOL1.     A     BUSY     WAR 
WORKER,     SHE     NOW    DEVOTES 
MUCH  TIME  TO  THE  RED 
CROSS,   AND  HORSEBACK  RIDING 
IS    HER    HOBBY. 
MRS.  JOHN  McWHORTER,  RIGHT, 
(JANE    SPIEKER)     OF    SAN 
FRANCISCO'S    PIONEER    WARREN 
IPIEKER   FAMILY,    IS   A   POPULAR   JUN- 
IOR LEAGUER.  HERE  SHE'S  PHOTO- 
GRAPHED IN  ELEANOR  GREEN'S 
GRACEFUL  TIER-TUNIC  DRESS. 


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at    your 


J  n  spite  of  fashion's  periodic  threat  to  drop  the  curtain  on 
legs  with  longer  skirts,  usually  it  is  only  temporarily  suc- 
cessful in  stopping  the  show.  Somehow  .  .  .  legs  are  here 
to  stay! 

News  photographers  say  "cheesecake"  when  they  '  refer 
to  the  aesthetic  beauty  of  a  neatly  turned  ankle,  a  well- 
formed  calf.  A  city  editor  might  call  it  plain  "leg  art."  But 
regardless  of  how  you  describe  it,  there's  always  a  great 
deal  of  interest  in  the  prettiest  legs  .  .  .  amateur  judges 
from  the  sunny  beaches  of  California  to  the  stormy  Atlantic 
pay  due  and  proper  attention  to  the  shapely  things. 

So  ...  do  you  likewise. 

Your  legs  are  particularly  important  in  summertime  when 
you'll  be  wearing  revealing  swim  suits,  shorts,  pedal  pushers 
and  brief  play  dresses  so  many  hours  each  day.  And  so, 
in  considering  your  own  legs,  let's  say  at  the  very  beginning 
that  you  don't  have  to  be  satisfied  with  the  shape  they're 
in.  There  are  dozens  of  good  exercises  you  can  pursue  to 
reduce  oversize  legs  and  to  develop  the  spindly  variety. 

//  your  legs  are  too  fat:  use  a  mixture  of  one  pint 
rubbing  alcohol  with  two  ounces  shaved  camphor  gum 
and  massage  fatty  portions  regularly,  using  a  twisting- 
wringing-kneading   action;    then    try   a    good    cell-breaking 


SHOES    BY    SO-BEL 
SEAM-FREE    HOSE   CERTIFIED 
BY    DANCING    TWINS 


THEY'RE    SHAPELY 


THEY'RE    L 


THE    PROVED    PATH 


TO    SUMMER    BEAUTY 


exercise.  Pat  them  briskly  with  a  paddle,  or  sit  on  the  floor, 
draw  your  knees  up  and  drop  your  legs  so  that  thigh  and 
calf  smack  the  hard  surface  smartly.  If  your  ankles  are 
thick,  use  the  massage  treatment,  or  exercise  by  rising  slowly 
from  a  flat-footed  position  to  strain  at  tiptoe;  try  picking 
up  marbles  with  your  toes.  And  remember:  any  massage 
or  exercise  must  be  done  regularly  for  increasing  periods 
of  time. 

//  your  legs  are  too  thin:  try  exercises  to  stimulate 
muscular  development.  Stand  erect,  heels  together,  hands 
on  hips  .  .  .  then  rise  slowly  on  toes  and  bend  knees  until 
you  are  almost  sitting  on  heels.  Do  not  do  this  exercise 
quickly.  To  develop  thighs,  lie  flat  on  your  back  and  raise 
one  leg  at  a  time,  keeping  knee  straight,  and  make  a  large 
circle  slowly,  clock-wise  and  counter-clock-wise.  Naturally, 
a  doctor  or  qualified  beautician  should  be  consulted  for  any 
stringent  program  of  development.  And  correct  diet,  like- 
wise, is  important  for  the  woman  who  would  gain  or  lose 
weight. 

Too,  there  are  some  basic  steps  you  can  take  to  make 
your  legs  look  sleek  and  lovely.  First,  remove  any  excess 
hair,  either  with  a  good  depilatory  or  a  razor  .  .  .  but  one 
or  the  other,  please!  And  before  you  go  to  bed,  try  using 


a  fine  body  oil  to  keep  your  legs  soft  and  smooth.  This  is 
particularly  important  in  summer  when  you're  bare-legged 
so  much  of  the  time,  and  skin  tends  to  dry  and  crack. 

Sun  tan?  Maybe  you're  a  girl  who  covets  a  deep  tan,  or 
maybe  you  shun  the  sun.  Either  way,  wonderful  cosmetic 
oils  and  lotions  make  it  easier  .  .  .  sometimes  safer  .  .  . 
for  you  to  achieve  your  goal.  There  are  fragrant  body  oils 
and  sun  tan  creams  that  help  you  tan  in  a  hurry,  smoothly 
...  or  protect  your  skin  against  painful  burn. 

In  the  beauty  care  of  your  legs,  a  good  pedicure  is 
important.  Whether  you  go  so  far  as  to  use  matching  nail 
polish  on  toes  and  fingers,  or  merely  want  to  put  your 
best  foot  forward,  you'll  need  to  spend  an  occasional  few 
minutes  caring  for  your  feet.  A  hand  massage  with  simple 
cream  or  oil  will  work  miracles  .  .  .  besides  relaxing  and 
refreshing  you.  And  if  you  have  unsighty  callouses  or  worse, 
see  a  chiropodist  if  you  can't  handle  the  situation  yourself. 
But  do  something! 

So  now  you're  ready.  Carefully  you'll  put  your  nice  new 
legs  into  filmy  hose,  possibly  those  very  sheer  seamless 
ones  that  have  a  carefree  look  .  .  .  and  no  seams  to  get 
out  of  line,  either.  Next,  sandals  or  slippers  that  compliment 
your  summer  frock  .  .  .  and  there  you  go. 

Lady,  your  legs  are  showing! 


by  Edna   Charlton 


63 


Masculine  Moment 


NOT    THE    SAME    OLD    STORY    ARE    THESE    GIFT    ITEMS 


FOR    YOUR    MAN   .   .   .  WHETHER    HE    BE    THE    INDOOR 


OR   OUTDOOR   TYPE  ...  THE   SERIOUS   MAN-IN- 


EXECUTIVE-POSITION.   TOUCHED    WITH    THE   CHARM   OF 


THE    WEST    AND    THE    NEW    FUNCTIONAL    APPROACH 


THAT  ABOUNDS   HERE,  THIS   IS  A  DENARY  OF  "MADE 


IN    CALIFORNIA"    ITEMS   THAT   ARE   SURE   TO    PLEASE 


COME   FATHER'S   DAY.   SHOP   FOR   THEM  .   .   .  THEY'RE 


AVAILABLE   AT    FINE   MEN'S   STORES    EVERYWHERE 


THEY'LL    GLADDEN    THE    HEART    AND    WHET    THE 


APPRECIATION     OF    THE     STERNEST     CYNIC. 


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•  Easy  on  the  court  and  easy  on  the 
eyes  is  the  tennis  classic  shown  at 
left  .  .  .  wool  cable-knit  sweater 
with  contrasting  red  and  blue  stripes. 
Towne  and  King. 

•  Honduras  mahogany  .  .  .  rubbed 
and  polished  to  a  gleaming  satin  fin- 
ish to  highlight  its  fine  grain  and 
natural  coloring  .  .  .  this  masculine 
cigarette  box.  Lemurian  Crafts. 

•  Matching  leather  accessories  for 
men  .  .  .  keep  keys,  coins  and  notes 
in  the  right  place.  The  threesome, 
shown  above,  is  of  glazed  cowhide, 
with  hand-turned  edges  and  silk 
stitching.  Emmet  of  California. 

•  Aptly  termed  the  "airliner,"  the 
business  man's  modern,  compact 
brief  case  and  wallet  combination 
has  double  zipper,  spacious  pockets, 
leather  address  book,  memo  pad. 
Also  by  Emmet  of  California. 

•  Far-and-away  the  right  thing  for 
the  fairway  is  this  imported  South 
African  capeskin  golf  glove  that  pre- 
vents "letting  go."  Parker  Glove 
Company. 

•  Important  accessory  items  for  any 
man's   wardrobe   are   the    right   ties 


and  belts.  The  ties  shown  are  100 
percent  California,  loomed  in  the 
golden  state  of  native  fleece.  In  as- 
sorted checks  and  plaids.  Wool  by 
Hoffman  California  Woolens.  Ties 
by  Hollyvogue.  Belts  are  typical 
western  style  with  silver  buckle. 
Keyston  Bros. 

©  Imported  ebony  with  either  ster- 
ling or  gold  fittings  makes  an  out- 
standing watch  band  for  a  man.  And 
made  to  fit  any  watch.  Allan  Adler. 
©  Whisk  brooms  with  the  novelty 
touch  come  with  colored  corn  bristles 
and  unusual  tops.  For  instance  .  .  . 
bell  hop,  raggedy  ann,  Mexican  joe 
and  top  hatter.  In  reds  and  green. 
Hal  Rose. 

•  A  collector's  item  or  for  the  fire- 
place is  this  horse  figurine.  The  series 
of  five  figures,  of  which  this  is  one, 
was  designed  by  Virginia  Orison, 
cowgirl  artist.  Beth  Marlow. 
©  Non-spillable  .  .  .  this  is  the  ink- 
well of  the  future.  Non-breakable, 
non-corrosive  and  of  varied  colors, 
it  actually  holds  a  year's  supply  of 
ink,  has  a  small  drawer  to  hold  extra 
pen  points.    Weaver  Associates. 


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Up  to  this  lesson  we  have  thought  about  directing  the  eyes  either  up  and  down, 
across  or  diagonally  on  the  whole  figure.  Now  we  are  going  to  consider  the  possi- 
bility of  making  a  part  of  the  figure  look  as  if  it  were  closer  to  us  than  the  other  parts. 
This  sensation  of  depth,  or  advance  and  recession,  is  referred  to  as  "third  dimension." 

The  most  obvious  way  to  give  a  third  dimensional  feeling  to  a  costume  is  to  add 
something  to  it  which  will  extend  out  from  the  body  ...  a  rippling  peplum  or  a  bow 
on  the  chest.  This  way  of  adding  to  a  dress  is  very  much  like  sculpturing  .  .  .  the 
sculptor  adds  pieces  of  clay  to  "build  out"  his  figure.  When  we  want  to  sculpture 
our  own  figures  we  add  to  our  clothes  in  the  form  of  drapery,  pleats,  or  bows.  We 
do  this  to  make  the  dress  more  beautiful,  to  build  up  or  tone  down  a  figure  deficiency. 

You  can  see  easily  that  third  dimensional  devices  can  be  another  way  of  direct- 
ing eyes  where  we  want  them  to  go  and  of  creating  certain  flattering  illusions.  To 
understand  better  how  we  can  use  these  tricks  for  our  own  purposes,  let  us  first  look 
at  the  accompanying  sets  of  diagrams.  In  the  first  rectangle  I  have  purposely  used 
irregular  lines  to  show  that  overlapping  of  any  shape  gives  the  illusion  of  depth,  even 
on  a  flat  area.  In  the  second  rectangle  there  is  no  forceful  movement  in  any  direction, 
and  all  of  the  squares  are  on  the  same  plane  .  .  .  that  is,  one  does  not  seem  any  closer 
than  the  others.  The  third  brings  the  center  definitely  toward  us,  since  the  illusion 
created  by  the  division  of  lines  makes  the  middle  oblong  look  as  if  it  were  on  top  of 
the  others.  In  the  next  example,  the  upper  left  hand  square  looks  closest  to  us,  and 
the  others  seem  to  be  progressively  further  away. 

A  quick  glance  at  the  dresses  shows  how  we  can  make  an  area  advance  or 
recede  at  will. 

The  first  two  indicate  how  the  bust  line  can  be  made  to  advance.  In  the  first  dress 
the  top  shapes  that  come  toward  us  can  be  made  of  the  same  or  contrasting  material 
.  .  .  outlined  in  binding  or  stitching;  but  if  you  want  it  to  be  equally  effective  from 
the  side,  better  set  the  pieces  on  as  pockets.  The  second  illustration  indicates  how  flat 
seaming  can  make  the  center  of  the  chest  come  toward  you.  In  the  next  two  examples, 
the  breasts  are  made  to  look  less  important  by  first  building  up  the  shoulders  and  then 
the  center  of  the  blouse. 

Remember,  too,  that  you  can  do  a  more  effective  job  if  you  enhance  the  top 
shapes  with  embroidery,  lace,  pleating,  jewelry,  color  contrasts,  etc.  Sometimes,  in 
order  to  do  the  most  for  your  figure,  you  have  to  remove  details  present  and  build 
up  elsewhere.  Figure  faults  at  the  waist  or  below  also  can  be  helped  with  third 
dimensional  devices.  A  protruding  tummy  can  be  made  less  obvious  by  building  up 
part  of  the  bodice  and  skirt,  as  a  front  and  side  view  of  the  next  design  illustrates.  A 
thick  waist  will  look  more  slender  by  contrast  with  built-up  sleeves  and  pockets.  Large 
hips,  for  instance,  are  sometimes  better  fitted  with  a  little  ease  in  the  skirt,  and  the 
attention  deliberately  concentrated  at  the  shoulders  to  detract  from  the  too-obvious 
attention  getter. 

When  you  shop  for  new  clothes,  think  of  these  examples.  It  is  just  this  attention 
to  detail  that  makes  the  difference  between  being  looked  over  with  approval,  or 
being  overlooked. 


Overlapping  of  any  shapes  even  on  o 
flat  area  gives  the  illusion  of  depth. 
Decoration  on  the  top  shape  is  effec- 
tive    in     making     the     area     advance. 


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By  building  up  the  blouse  over  the 
breasts  or  the  center  of  blouse  a  flat 
chest      can      be      given      more      contour. 


By  making  the*  center  of  the  blouse  and 
the  shoulders  advance  the  interest  is 
guided      away      from      a      large      bosom. 


A  protruding  tummy  can  be  made  to 
recede  by  building  up  the  areas  di- 
rectly  above   and   below   it. 


A  wide  waist,  /eff,  will  appear  slender 
in  contrast  to  built-up  shoulders  and 
pockets.  Building  up  the  shoulders,  right, 
will  detract  from  wide  hips. 


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SERIES  OF 
ARTICLES 
ON  DRESSING 
BY  DESIGN 
BY  FLORENCE 
SHUMAN 


All      of      the      rectangles 
are    on    the    same    plane. 


The      upper      left     shape 
appears     to     be     closer. 


The  center  definitely 
seems  to  be  on  top  and 
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Uridal  flowers  suggest 
all-white  accent  for 
your  summer  entertaining 


John     Patrick    Burke's    traditional    arrangement    in    bridal    all-white:    Wax-white    roses, 
creamy    calla    lilies    and    soft    snapdragons    in    a    high    compote    with    garlands    of 
white    sweetpeas.     Bride's    own    corsage    of    gardenias    is    part    of    centerpiece    .    .    . 
the   individual   guest  corsages  are  shown   at   base  of   candles. 


|  You  may  not  have  a  wedding  on  your  agenda  for  the  month  of 
June,  but  it's  not  at  all  improbable  that  your  thoughts  are  turning  to 
romance  .  .  and  flowers. 

John  Patrick  Burke  of  Beverly  Hills  has  these  thoughts  all  year 
long.  As  official  florist  for  ABC's  "Bride  and  Groom"  radio  pro- 
gram every  weekday,  he  has  provided  bouquets  for  some  400  brides. 
The  lucky  couple  to  be  married  every  morning  in  the  romantic  setting 
of  the  Chapman  Park  Hotel  Chapel  are  interviewed  by  jovial 
John  Nelson  and  literally  deluged  with  gifts.  No  wonder  the  wait- 
ing list  is  augmented  by  fifty 
applications  a  day! 

But  Mr.  Burke's  ideas  about 
bridal  flowers  extend  to  decora- 
tions for  the  wedding  breakfast, 
reception,  weddings  at  home  .  . 
and  just  social  occasions.  The 
simple  but  effective  arrange- 
ment shown  on  this  page  is 
created  particularly  for  a  bridal 
party,  and  its  interesting  use 
of  various  intensities  of  white 
is  a  refresher  for  any  enter- 
taining you   may   do.    Try  it! 


THE  MISSION       I 

(Continued  from  page  29) 

.  .  the  beautifully  scenic  El  Camino  Real 
will  wind  along  the  ocean,  through  quiet  can- 
yons; stretch  out  between  golden  groves  ol 
oranges,  lemons,  apricots;  pass  avocado,  olive 
and  walnut  ranches:  dip  into  valleys  of  mil- 
lions of  grape  vines.  Bright  flowering  trees 
and  giant  eucalypti,  royal  palms  resembling 
gargantuan  pineapples,  march  along  the  high- 
way. You  will  be  transplanted  quickly  to  the 
era  of  the  Spanish  dons  and  the  brown-robed 
monks  as  you  walk  within  the  quiet  mission 
gardens  and  pause  at  the  circular  fountains. 
The  simple  chapels,  the  cloistered  walks,  have, 
for  the  most  part  been  retained.  Each  chapel 
shares  some  of  the  beautiful  hand-carved 
altar  figures  .  .  priceless  treasures  laboriously 
transplanted  to  the  New  World. 

After  you  have  enjoyed  the  missions  you 
will  follow  El  Camino  Real  with  a  richer 
understanding  of  the  romantic  heritage  in- 
troduced into  this  rough  country  by  the  Span- 
ish Serra.  The  Royal  Highway  is  more  than 
a  life-linking  legacy  between  California's  past 
and  her  future  .  .  it  is  lined  with  proud 
and  provocative  names  that  travelers  from 
east    of    the    Rockies    can    seldom    pronounce. 

1.  San  Diego  de  Alcala — dedicated  July  16, 
1769.  "Mother  of  All  Missions,"  the  first 
settlement  in  California  established  by 
Fra  Serra.  Present  reconstruction  used  as 
a  parish  church.  First  olive  trees  grown 
here.  Beginning  of  El  Camino  Real. 

2.  San  Luis  Rey  de  Francia — June  13,  1798. 
The  eighteenth  mission  founded  by  Fra 
Lasuen  and  Peyri.  Called  "King  of  the 
Missions"  for  its  considerable  wealth  and 
six  assisting  churches.  Now  a  major  sem- 
inary for  students  studying  Franciscan 
priesthood.  Well  worth  visiting  now,  San 
Luis  Rey  has  a  great  number  of  Old 
World   treasures   sent   to   California. 

3.  San  Juan  Capistrano — November  1,  1776. 
Seventh  in  the  order  of  dedication  by 
Fra  Serra,  this  "Jewel  of  the  Missions," 
once  the  most  architecturally  pretentious, 
is  now  mainly  in  ruins.  Aged,  peaceful, 
it  is  a  tourist  mecca — world  famous 
through  the  legend  of  the  swallows. 

4.  San  Gabriel  Arcangel — September  8,  1771. 
Extremely  wealthy,  this  fourth  mission, 
a    half    hour's    drive    from    Los    Angeles, 


Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gene  Curtsinger  were  the  first  couple  to 
be  married  on  ABC's  romantic  "Bride  and  Groom"  pro 
gram.   John    Nelson    is   the    program    master   of    ceremonies 


WHERE  TO   BUY  IT 

For  merchandise  shown  on  pages  56-57: 
Johnston  Sportswear — Emporium,  San 
Francisco;  Chas.  Stevens,  Chicago. 
Joy  Kingston — May  Company,  Los  Angeles; 
The  Fair,  Fort  Worth;  Bonwit  Teller,  Phila- 
delphia. 

Joseph  Zukin  of  California — Bullock's,  Los 
Angeles. 

Keel  of  California — Gold  &  Co.,  Lincoln. 
Joy  Kingston — J.  L.  Brandeis,  Omaha;  The 
Fair,   Fort  Worth. 

Linsk  of  California — The  Broadway,  Los 
Angeles>  Carson,  Pirie,  Scott  &  Co.,  Chi- 
cago. 

Koret  of  California — O'Connor,  Moffatt  & 
Co.,  San  Francisco;  Sanger  Bros.,  Dallas; 
The    Hecht   Co.,  Washington,   D.   C. 

For    merchandise    shown    on    pages    58-59: 
Stuart — Nancy's,   Hollywood. 
Maurice     Handler — Stewart     &     Co.,     Balti- 
more. 

James   Frederick — Korricks,  Phoenix. 
Lynn    Lester — Amelia    Gray,    Beverly    Hills. 
Jean    Durain — Abraham    &    Strauss,    Brook- 
lyn. 


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supplied  much  of  the  foodstuff,  soap, 
leather,  to  less  fortunate  missions.  Only 
partially  restored,  it  draws  thousands  of 
spectators  for  the  annual  Mission  Play 
which  depicts  the  story  of  the  missions 
in  Spanish,  using  local  talent  as  at 
Oberammergau. 

5.  San  Fernando  Rey  de  Espana — September 
8,  1797.  Originally  planned  to  be  half 
way  between  Ventura  and  San  Gabriel, 
the  fertile  San  Fernando  Valley  became 
the  site  for  this  seventeenth  mission. 
Gold  was  first  discovered  near  here.  Pub- 
lic gardens  add  interest  to  the  partially 
restored  ruins. 

6.  San  Buenaventura — March  31,  1782.  Fra 
Serra's  ninth  and  last  dedication  for  "The 
Saint  of  Good  Fortune."  Hemmed  in  by 
the  city  of  Ventura,  this  charming  small 
parish  church  was  once  visited  by  Capt. 
George  Vancouver  on  his  trip  around  the 
world. 

7.  Santa  Barbara — December  4,  1786.  Tenth 
mission  in  the  chain,  dedicated  by  Presi- 
dente  Lasuen.  Home  of  the  first  Bishop 
of  California,  it  is  the  only  mission  con- 
tinuously held  by  the  Franciscan  Order 
through  the  period  of  secularization  and 
today  is  a  theological  seminary  for  young 
priests.  This  imposing  structure,  with 
commanding  air  and  mood  of  by-gone 
days,  is   a   tourist   must. 

8.  Santa  Inez  Virgen  y  Martir — September 
17,  1804.  Across  the  Ynez  Valley  and 
off  El  Camino  Real,  this  nineteenth  mis- 
sion is  a  peacefully  situated  parish 
church. 

9.  La  Purisima  Concepcion  —  December  8, 
1787.  The  strangest  history  of  all  per- 
haps belongs  to  this  eleventh  mission, 
which  is  not  on  El  Camino  Real.  Having 
fallen  into  the  usual  state  of  ruin,  it  was 
perfectly  restored  at  a  cost  of  $2,000,000 
through  the  C.C.C.  program  and  today 
is  a  State  Park  and  Museum  open  to 
the  public. 

10.  San  Luis  Obispo  de  Tolosa — September 
1,  1772.  Fra  Serra's  fifth  mission,  located 
in  "The  Valley  of  the  Bears."  California's 
now-typical  tile  roofing  was  developed 
here  by  Padre  Palou,  who  wearied  of 
putting  out  fires  on  the  grass  roof  of  his 
mission.  Now  a  parish  church. 

11.  San  Miguel  Arcangel— July  25,  1787.  This 
sixteenth  mission,  dedicated  by  Lasuen, 
had  a  most  unholy  history.  Racked  by 
fire,  it  housed  a  family  who  were  slain 
by  thieves,  then  became  a  saloon  and 
brothel.  Restored  and  rededicated  in 
1939,  it  is  now  a  novitiate  house  for  stu- 
dents of  the  priesthood. 

12.  San  Antonio  de  Padua— July  14,  1771. 
Fra  Serra  dedicated  this  mission  as  his 
third  and  it  lays  now  in  the  sun-kissed 
Salinas  Valley  only  partly  restored  by  the 
San  Miguel   Franciscans. 

13.  Nuestra  Senora  de  la  Soledad — October 
9,  1791.  Fra  Lasuen's  mission  number 
thirteen  in  the  chain  is  completely  in 
ruins.  Poorly  located,  it  was  ever  lonely, 
"in  solitude." 

14.  San  Carlos  del  Rio  Carmelo  de  Monterey 
— June  3,  1770.  Fra  Serra's  second  mis- 
sion and  headquarters  for  his  presidency 
until  his  death  in  1784.  Both  he  and  Fra 
Crespi  are  buried  here.  Always  his  favor- 
ite mission,  it  was  moved  from  Monterey 
to  "Carmel  by  the  Sea"  and  is  one  of  most 
beautiful  reconstruction  plans.  Choice  to 
visit. 


HERE'S  A  QUIZ! 

How  much  do  you  know  about  the  famous  missions  in  California? 

California-bound  travelers  often  read  numerous  books  about  the  California  missions  before  their 
trek  west  .  .  so  that  they  may  better  enjoy  the  romance  and  thrilling  history  of  these  old  churches. 
Many  Californians  know  their  story,  tool  So  if  you  can  answer  twenty-five  of  the  following  thirty 
questions  correctly  you  can  earn  an  "A."  Any  less  and  it  would  be  wise  to  lose  yourself  in  a  little 
Fascinating    history.     Don't   peekl 

I 

1.  What  country  was  responsible  for  the  founding   of  the  California  missions? 

2.  What  religion  was  taught  to  the   Indians? 

3.  Who  was  the  President  of  the  Missions  to  be  founded  when  the  expedition  left  Baja 
California? 

4.  Where   was   the   first   mission    founded   and   in   what   year? 

5.  What  country  caused  such  great  fear  to  Spain  that  the  King  decided  to  send  expeditions  to 
stop   the  other  country's  encroachment? 

6.  What  other  country  also  claimed  the  California  territory? 

7.  Which  was  the  last  mission  to  be  founded  and   in  what  year? 

8.  In   which   mission   did   Father  Junipero   Serra   spend   most  of   his   California   life? 

9.  How  many  missions  are  there? 

10.    How    many    missions    have   you    visited? 

II 
TRUE  AND   FALSE 

1.  The  King  of  Spain  had  a  three-fold  purpose  in  mind  when  he  decided  to  send  an  expedition 
to  California:  to  extend  the  dominion  of  Spain,  to  protect  California  from  encroachments,  and 
to   establish   the  Catholic   religion   among   the   heathen   people. 

2.  Father  Serra  already  was  lame  when  he  began  his  long  journey  from  Baja  California  to 
Alta   California. 

3.  Father  Serra   was  a  Jesuit. 

4.  The   founders   of  the   missions   encountered   no   hostile   Indians. 

5.  At  first,  until  the  Indians  could  be  taught  to  help  erect  buildings,  chapels  often  were  made  of 
brushwood. 

6.  Father  Serra  did  not  like  working  with  the  Indians. 

7.  The    missions   are   often    called   "Father   Serra's    Rosary." 

8.  The   missions  of  today  are  famous  for  their  shingled   roofs. 

9.  The   fathers   planted   and   grew   food   for  their    Indian   followers. 

10.  Many   of    the    missions   were    used   as   stables   and    barns   after   the    fathers    had    left. 

Ill 

Match    the    Missions    with    the  nearest   cities: 

1.  San    Buenaventura  Paso    Robles 

2.  San  Carlos  (Carmel)  Los  Angeles 

3.  San  Miguel  Arcangel  Ventura 

4.  La   Purisima   Concepcion  Oceanside 

5.  San   Gabriel  Arcangel  San   Diego 

6.  San    Luis   Rey  Lompoc 

7.  San  Juan  Capistrano  Santa   Barbara 

8.  San   Diego  de  Alcala  Buellton   or  Santa  Barbara 

9.  Santa    Inez  Santa   Ana 
10.  Santa   Barbara  Monterey 

ANSWERS:  I — 1,  Spain;  2,  Roman  Catholic;  3,  Father  Junipero  Serra;  4,  San  Diego  1769;  5,  Russia; 
6,   England;  7,  San    Francisco  Solano   1823;   8,  Carmel;  9,  Twenty-one;   10,  all   of   them,   I   hope.     II — 

1,  true;   2,   true;   3,   false;   4,   false;   5,   true;   6,    false;   7,   true;   8,   false;   9,   true;    10,   true.    Ill — 1,   3; 

2,  5;    3,    1;    4,    6;   5,    8;    6,   4;    7,    10;    8,   9;    9,    7;    10,    2. 


15.  San  Juan  Bautista— June  24,  1797.  Best 
preserved  of  all  the  memorials,  this  fif- 
teenth mission,  dedicated  by  Lasuen,  was 
well  equipped  and  most  successful.  Lar- 
gest of  the  missions,  it  was  once  saved 
from  destruction  by  hostile  Tulare  In- 
dians when  they  heard  a  small  barrel  19. 
organ   playing   .   .    and    came   in    to   hear 

more.  The  former  bull  ring  is  now  a 
formal  garden,  visited  by  the  public. 

16.  Santa  Cruz— August  28,  1791.  Here  Fra 
Crespi   first  saw  and  named  the  redwood 

tree.    Today    the    twelfth    mission    in    the  20. 

chain  is  remembered  only  by  a  miniature 
replica,  donated  by  a  pious  woman  wish- 
ing to  establish  a  memorial. 

17.  Santa   Clara   de   Asis — January   12,    1777. 
This    eighth    mission    under    Serra's    pro- 
gram   suffered    all    the    ravages    of    fire,  21. 
flood,   earthquake   and   neglect   to   emerge 

today  as  the  beautiful  University  of  Santa 
Clara.  Quicksilver  was  discovered  near 
Santa  Clara  in  1845. 

18.  San  Jose  de  la  Guadalupe — June  11, 
1797.  The  fourteenth  mission,  dedicated 
by  Fra  Lasuen,  is  located  near  the  south 


end  of  San  Francisco  Bay.  Claims  the 
first  all-white  settlement  in  California. 
Visited  in  1806  by  the  Russian  Count 
Nicolas  Rezanov.  Present  parish  church 
is  all   that  remains  today. 

San  Francisco  de  Asis  (Delores) — June 
29,  1776.  The  only  church  in  San  Fran- 
cisco for  75  years,  the  sixth  in  Fra  Serra's 
chain,  now  stands  in  the  heart  of  a  thick- 
ly populated  city.  A  museum  and  memo- 
rial of  the  Mission  Era. 

San  Rafael  Arcangel — December  14,  1827. 
Across  the  Golden  Gate  Bridge  to  the 
twentieth  mission,  dedicated  by  Vincente 
Francisco  de  Sarria,  and  primarily  estab- 
lished to  assist  Mission  Delores  as  a  sani- 
tarium  for  sick   neophytes. 

San  Francisco  Solano  de  Sonoma — July 
4,  1823.  Last  of  the  twenty-one  missions 
to  be  founded,  without  church  authority 
by  an  impetuous  Fra  Altimira,  who 
hoped  to  take  over  the  work  of  Delores 
and  San  Rafael  in  the  event  they  were 
abandoned,  as  planned.  It  was  never  im- 
portant and  is  today  a  State  Historic 
Monument. 


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'MOTHER, 


•  A  star  of  yesterday,  Agnes  Ayres,  teamed  with   Valentino   in   "The   Sheik"  .  .  to   enchant  the  world 


(Continued  from  page  53) 
son  of  a  former  cavalry  officer  who  had  be- 
come a  veterinarian.  Arriving  in  New  York 
in  December  1913,  he  procured  a  job  as  a 
gardener  on  the  Long  Island  estate  of  Cor- 
nelius Bliss,  Jr.  Later  he  worked  as  a  gardener 
in  New  York's  Central  Park. 

But  after  Rudolph  had  become  orientated 
in  his  new  surroundings,  he  made  use  of  bis 
natural  dancing  talent.  He  became  a  partner 
for  Bonnie  Glass,  and  later  Joan  Sawyer,  in 
Manhattan  cabarets.  Next  he  was  engaged  for 
a  musical  comedy  roadshow  company,  but 
became  dissatisfied,  left  the  troupe  in  Utah 
and  headed  for  San  Francisco.  Then  war 
broke  out  and  he  called  upon  the  Italian 
consul,  attempting  to  enlist  in  his  homeland's 
army  or  navy.  He  was  rejected  because  of 
faulty  vision. 

Norman  Kerry,  an  Olympian  figure  among 
Hollywood's  early-day  stars,  is  generally  cred- 
ited with  being  the  first  to  urge  Valentino 
to  seek  a  screen  career.  Kerry  had  met  Valen- 
tino when  his  fortunes  were  at  low  ebb.  He 
liked  the  young  Italian  and  helped  him.  Com- 
ing to  Los  Angeles,  Valentino  obtained  book- 
ings as  a  dancer  in  Los  Angeles  and  Pasa- 
dena hotels  and  then  cast  about  to  get  work 
in  the  movies.  In  those  days  of  the  movies' 
infancy,  Latins  usually  were  cast  in  villain 
roles   and   Valentino's   first   part   of   any   con- 


sequence was  in  a  William  Desmond  picture 
at  Universal  City.  He  wore  a  derby  .  .  in 
that  era  the  hallmark  of  a  movie  scoundrel  .  . 
and  mugged  wickedly  for  the  camera  in  con- 
trast   to   Desmond's   noble   and    upright   hero. 

It  was  not  until  the  old  Metro  company 
filmed  Blasco  Ibanez'  somber  and  stirring 
best-seller,  "The  Four  Horsemen  of  the 
Apocalypse,"  that  Valentino  burst  into  the 
limelight  that  he  was  to  hold  until  the  day 
of  his  death  .  .  and  in  fact  during  all  the 
years  since  then.  June  Mathis,  the  brilliant 
scenarist  who  was  responsible  for  his  his- 
toric "break,"  told  me  about  it  at  Lakeside 
Country  Club  a  few  days  after  Valentino 
died. 

According  to  Miss  Mathis,  the  head  men 
of  Metro  wanted  Carlyle  Blackwell,  then  a 
famous  star,  to  play  the  role  of  Julio  in  the 
big  film  they  were  preparing.  Rex  Ingram, 
the  director  who  had  been  chosen  to  bring 
Ibanez'  story  to  the  screen,  considered  the 
feminine  lead  the  focal  point  of  interest  in 
the  movie  adaptation.  His  viewpoint  was  un- 
derstandable because  beautiful  Alice  Terry, 
later  Mrs.  Ingram,  had  been  chosen  for  that 
role.  It  seemed  unlikely  that  an  obscure  actor 
like  Valentino  would  get  much  attention  as  a 
candidate  for  the  coveted  part  of  Julio. 

But  June  Mathis'  interest  had  been  drawn 
by   the  young   Italian  who   had   been   playing 


bit  parts  .  .  usually  as  a  villain.  When  she 
saw  him  in  person  for  the  first  time,  she  was 
convinced  that  he  was  the  only  actor  who 
could  play  Julio.  And  she  battled  all  the 
way  to  the  highest  executive  sanctums  of  the 
Metro  company  in  New  York  to  have  him 
cast  in  the  role.  Her  faith  was  superbly  re- 
warded when  Rudolph  Valentino  became  a 
sensational  new  star  in  "The  Four  Horsemen," 
a  role  that  many  deem  the  finest  acting  he 
ever  did.  A  large  measure  of  credit  must  go 
too,  to  Rex  Ingram,  who  quickly  realized  the 
potentialities  of  the  unknown  actor  and  gave 
him   the  benefit  of  inspired   direction. 

Another  fine  picture  that  Valentino  made 
under  the  Metro  banner  was  "The  Conquering 
Power,"  but  it  was  not  until  he  signed  with 
Paramount  and  starred  in  "The  Sheik"  that 
he  soared  to  the  top  of  the  movie  galaxy. 
Valentino's  portrayal  of  the  lusty  desert  lover 
is  the  best-remembered  part  he  played,  but 
by  no  means  the  best  exposition  of  his  act- 
ing talent  It  caught  the  public  fancy  and 
won  him  the  unrestrained  worship  of  women 
of  all  ages.  He  gave  to  the  word  "sheik"  a 
new  meaning  that  soon  was  adopted  by  lexi- 
cologists and  is  to  be  found  in  dictionaries 
today. 

At  the  apex  of  his  career,  Valentino  had 
a  falling  out  with  Paramount.  The  issues  have 
never  been  clearly  defined,  but  it  seems  that 
his  rebellion  was  based  on  the  claim  that 
Paramount  was  not  handling  his  publicity  to 
his  satisfaction.  The  general  opinion  is  that 
he  struck  for  higher  pay,  believing  that  the 
phenomenal  success  of  his  films  entitled  him 
to  a  readjusted  contract.  Paramount  won  an 
injunction  against  Valentino  that  kept  him  off 
the  screen  for  two  years.  During  that  time 
he  made  personal  appearances  in  key  cities 
and  in  Chicago  he  caused  near-riots  at  the 
Trianon  Ballroom  where  he  filled  a  dancing 
engagement.  Hundreds  of  infatuated  women 
hurled  their  jewelry  at  him  in  wild  demon- 
strations of  hero-worship  .  .  some  of  them 
swooned  at  his  feet.  It  was  a  greater  spectacle 
than  any  ever  inspired  by  Sinatra  .  .  Valen- 
tino's worshippers  were  women  of  all  ages. 

The  day  of  peace  came  at  last  for  embat- 
tled Valentino  and  Paramount  He  returned 
to  make  "Monsieur  Beaucaire"  and  "The 
Sainted  Devil"  at  their  New  York  studios. 
"Beaucaire"  was  a  beautifully  staged  and 
acted  photoplay  in  which  Valention's  acting 
ability  was  not  even  outshone  by  Lowell  Sher- 
man, that  master  strategist  of  thespian  art, 
but  it  aroused  considerable  jeering  on  the 
part  of  masculine  theatergoers  .  .  Valentino 
was  attired  in  lace  cuffs  and  powdered  wig. 
Returning  to  Hollywood  under  contract  to 
J.  D.  Williams,  head  of  Ritz-Carlton  Pic- 
tures, he  then  made  "Cobra."  But  it  was  not 
a  picture  worthy  of  the  Valentino  personality. 
With  Joseph  M.  Schenck,  production  head  of 
United  Artists,  he  made  bis  last  two  pictures, 
"The  Eagle"  and  "Son  of  the  Sheik." 

Permit  me  to  interject  here  an  episode 
in  which  I  had  a  small  part  It  had  no  sig- 
nificant bearing  on  Valentino's  career,  but 
it  serves  to  illustrate  how  carefully  his  pro- 
ducers were  mapping  his  course  after  the  two- 
year  hiatus.  At  that  time  I  was  associated 
with  Director  Clarence  Brown,  who  was  com- 
pleting his  contract  with  Universal  Pictures 
prior  to  joining  United  Artists. 

"Try  to  locate  a  virile  story  for  Valentino," 
Brown  told  me  one  day  after  a  luncheon  con- 
ference with  Schenck.  "One  of  the  first  pic- 
tures I'm  going  to  direct  for  United  Artists 
will  star  him.  We  want  to  dig  up  something 
that  will  appeal  to  men  moviegoers  as  well  as 
women  .  .  something  that  will  offset  the  un- 
favorable male  reaction  to  'Beaucaire'." 

It  so  happened  that  I  had  only  recently 
finished  reading  Howden  Smith's  "Porto  Bello 
Gold,"  a  roaring  tale  of  the  Spanish  Main  and 
a  dashing  pirate.  I  got  a  copy  of  the  book 
and  gave  it  to  Brown.  He  thought  the  pirate 
character  might  be  suitable  for  Valentino  and 


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WHO  WAS  VALENTINO?"     ****.?„ 


mentioned  it  at  a  conference  of  United  Artists 
production  leaders  that  included  Douglas 
Fairbanks  Sr.  But  it  seems  that  Fairbanks  long 
had  wanted  to  do  a  pirate  film,  so  the  idea 
was  ruled  out  for  Valentino.  And  subsequent- 
ly Fairbanks  made  "The  Black  Pirate,"  one 
of  his  most  colorful  pictures.  The  idea  of 
doing  a  virile  picture  with  Valentino,  however, 
won  indorsement  and  finally  a  work  by  Alex- 
ander Pushkin,  the  Russian  author  and  dra- 
matist, was  chosen.  This  became  "The  Eagle." 

Valentino's  next  and  last  film,  "Son  of  the 
Sheik,"  was  a  sequel  to  the  film  that  had 
won  him  widest  popularity.  It  was  not  an  ex- 
ceptional picture,  but  his  magical  appeal  drew 
audiences.  After  the  picture  was  finished, 
Valentino  went  to  New  York  to  attend  its 
premiere  and  to  enjoy  an  extended  vacation. 
It  was  in  New  York  on  August  15,  1926,  that 
he  was  stricken.  He  underwent  surgery  and 
for  eight  days  fought  a  valiant  but  losing  bat- 
tle, dying  at  12:10  p.m.,  August  23  in  Poly- 
clinic Hospital. 

The  sun  was  shining  brightly  that  morn- 
ing in  Hollywood  when  word  was  flashed  that 
filmdom's  greatest  star  had  gone.  As  people 
crowded  around  newsstands  to  grab  copies  of 
the  black-bannered  extras,  they  moved  as 
though  they  had  been  stunned.  Valentino's 
courageous  struggle  for  life  had  evoked  the 
prayers  of  millions,  and  none  were  more  sad- 
dened than  the  people  of  Hollywood  who  had 
worked  with  him. 

While  riotous  crowds  stormed  the  Frank 
Campbell  funeral  parlors  in  New  York,  crash- 
ing the  windows  in  their  fanatical  crush  to 
see  the  mortal  remains  of  the  Latin  actor,  the 
Hollywood  film  colony  prepared  for  the  last 
rites  to  be  held  in  Beverly  Hills.  Solemn 
requiem  high  mass  was  celebrated  Septem- 
ber 7  in  the  Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd 
.  .  admittance  to  the  funeral  being  by  card 
only.  The  streets  outside  were  thronged  by  a 
sobbing  multitude  who  had  come  to  pay  their 
tribute. 

Valentino's  body  was  entombed  in  Holly- 
wood Cemetery  mausoleum,  just  a  few  steps 
from  one  of  the  movie  lots  where  he  had 
fashioned  some  of  his  most  memorable  roles. 
Visitations  of  mourning  "women  in  black"  to 
his  tomb  on  anniversaries  of  his  death  pro- 
vided exciting  copy  for  newspaper  stories. 
But  they  also  provided  an  almost  farcical  note 
as  newspaper  readers  began  to  wonder  whether 
their  homage  was  the  handiwork  of  press 
agents. 

Many  admirers  of  Valentino  have  been  baf- 
fled in  their  search  of  his  last  resting  place 
.  .  evidently  they  have  not  inquired  at  the 
cemetery  office.  His  is  no  imposing  tomb. 
Crypt  No.  1205  in  the  southeast  corridor  of 
Hollywood  Cemetery  mausoleum  is  one  of  hun- 
dreds that  are  alike.  It  bears  a  simple  in- 
scription : 


Rodolfo  Guglielmi  Valentino 
1895  1926 

Alongside  is  the  tomb  of  June  Mathis  Bal- 
boni,  the  kindly  and  visionary  woman  who 
brought  Valentino  to  fame  because  she  fought 
to  get  him  the  role  in  "The  Four  Horsemen." 
The  truest  remembrance  of  Valentino,  in 
the  form  of  a  memorial,  is  found  in  "Aspira- 
tion," a  sculpture  by  Roger  Noble  Burnham 
that  stands  in  Hollywood's  DeLongpre  Park, 
in  the  shade  of  a  desert  willow  and  in  the 
midst  of  a  clover-shaped  pool.  This  is  the 
only  monument  Hollywood  has  erected  to  any 
of  its  illustrious  movie-makers: 

Erected  in  memory  of 
RUDOLPH  VALENTINO 
1895-1926 
Presented  by  his  friends  and   admirers 
from  every  walk  of  life — in  all  parts  of 
the  world  in  appreciation  of  the  happi- 
ness   brought    to    them    by    his    cinema 
portrayals. 


Many  of  Valentino's  movies  were  reshown 
after  his  death  and  to  capacity  audiences 
wherever  they  played.  There  was  an  eager 
outpouring  of  his  millions  of  admirers  to  be- 
hold again  the  spirited  personality  that  had 
enchanted  them.  These  films  are  still  being 
shown  somewhere  as  you  read  these  lines. 
American  servicemen  saw  some  of  them  over- 
seas during  the  war  and  the  postmaster  at 
Los  Angeles  reported  that  numerous  letters 
had  been  addressed  to  Valentino  by  warrior 
fans  who  did  not  know  he  is  dead. 

Yet  persons  who  view  the  Valentino  movies 
today  are  being  cheated  somewhat.  The  acting 
and  production  techniques  of  20  years  ago 
have  become  antiquated.  That  is  especially 
true  when  old-time  films  are  not  projected  at 
the  speeds  which  prevailed  for  silent  films. 
Faster  projection  today  makes  the  ancient 
movies  caricatures.  Actors  move  spasmodical- 
ly; they  flit  and  dash  around  like  the  old 
Keystone  Kops  did  when  Mack  Sennett  was 
slowing  down  the  cameras  to  get  those  jerky, 
breakneck-paced  chase  sequences.  Small  won- 
der then  that  many  young  persons  seeing 
Valentino  on  the  screen  for  the  first  time  are 
disappointed.  His  tenderest  love  scenes  become 
travesties. 

Ever  since  Valentino's  first  triumph  in  "The 
Four  Horsemen,"  both  during  his  lifetime  and 
up  to  the  present  day.  screen  producers  have 
unsuccessfully  sought  "another  Valentino." 
The  futile  search  began  after  Valentino  left 
Metro  to  join  Paramount.  He  had  so  roman- 
ticized Latins  that  actors  of  Italian,  Spanish 
and  French  extraction  began  to  hog  the  spot- 
light as  leading  men  and  stars  instead  of  be- 
ing relegated  to  "heavy"  roles.  The  Latin 
vogue  still  lingers  in  Hollywood,  but  it  reached 
its  zenith  during  the  lifetime  of  its  progeni- 
tor. 

After  losing  Valentino,  Metro  signed  a  young 
Mexican,  Ramon  Samoniegos,  renamed  him 
Ramon  Novarro,  and  made  a  strong  attempt 
to  eclipse  Valentino.  It  was  impossible.  No- 
varro enjoyed  a  stellar  career  in  his  own 
right,  but  not  successfully  as  "a  successor  to 
Valentino."  When  Valentino  went  on  strike 
against  Paramount,  that  company  tried  to  re- 
place him  with  a  "successor,"  Ricardo  Cor- 
tez.  A  competent  actor  and  well-liked  person, 
Cortez  nonetheless  was  no  second  Valentino. 
The  public  always  was  looking  for  the  original. 
Paramount  also  imported  a  French  actor, 
Charles  de  Roche,  and  tried  to  interest  their 
customers  in  him,  but  the  Frenchman  turned 
out  to  be  de  Roche. 

Scores  of  handsome  Mexican  youths,  includ- 
ing Don  Alvarado  and  Gilbert  Roland,  were 
heralded  as  new  Valentinos  but  they  carved 
out  their  own  careers.  The  quest  continued 
after  Valentino's  death.  Paramount  introduced 
George  Raft,  who  bears  a  certain  facial  re- 
semblance but  otherwise  resembles  him  not 
at  all.  Then  there  was  the  great  Rod  La 
Rocque,  who  today  is  a  successful  real  estate 
salesman  in  Beverly  Hills.  Present-day  actors 
who  may  give  new  impetus  to  the  Latin  vogue 
are  Arturo  de  Cordova  and  the  Mexican 
youth,  Ricardo  Montalban;  the  Frenchman, 
Louis  Jourdan,  and  the  romantic  Sergio  De 
Karlo. 

How  Valentino  might  have  fared  in  talking 
pictures  has  been  a  matter  of  conjecture,  but 
it  is  not  likely  that  he  would  have  met  the 
unhappy   screen   fate   of   John    Gilbert. 

Valentino's  magnetism  never  knew  dimin- 
ishment  during  his  lifetime,  and  we  remem- 
ber him  as  eternally  young,  romantic  and 
pulsating  with  life.  For  him  there  were  no 
balding  nor  graying  ravages  of  time;  neither 
the  stealth  of  obesity.  Hollywood  old-timers 
remember  him,  for  instance,  as  he  rode  horse- 
back with  two  or  three  companions  along 
Melrose  Avenue  out  west  of  Seward  Street, 
where  in  those  days  there  were  only  open 
prairies  with  narrow  trails  and  tall  waving 
grasses.    We  remember  the  summer  noontimes 


•  Valentino    .    .   the    love    of   a    million    hearts 

when  Valentino  used  to  whizz  by  in  his  yel- 
low roadster,  down  from  his  home  in  Whitley 
Heights  to  Armstrong-Carlton's  restaurant  .  . 
one  of  the  town's  popular  luncheon  spots  .  . 
park  at  the  curb  and  enter  the  cafe  with 
the  zestful   flourish   of   an  Oriental   potentate. 

We  remember  our  glimpses  of  him  between 
scenes  on  movie  sets  as  he  paced  to  and  fro, 
usually  accompanied  by  one  of  the  large  dogs 
he  loved  so  much  .  .  his  face  an  inscrutable 
mask  of  concentration  that  quickly  could 
break  into  a  friendly  smile.  However,  an  air 
of  mysticism  seemed  to  hover  over  him  in 
those  later  years,  and  we  often  wondered  if 
he  had  had  any  premonitions  of  early  death. 

Ironically,  Valentino,  beloved  of  millions  of 
women,  most  of  whom  never  saw  him  in  the 
flesh,  found  heartache,  turmoil  and  only  brief 
exaltation  in  his  own  love  life.  He  commanded 
the  adulafion  of  womanhood  that  millions  of 
men  could  never  know,  but  most  of  those 
millions  of  men  knew  the  inspiring  love  of 
wives  and  sweethearts  that  seemed  beyond 
Valentino's  reach.  His  first  marriage  to  a 
dancing  partner,  Jean  Acker,  did  not  last 
long,  but  they  did  not  part  in  bitterness.  She 
was  much  in  his  thoughts  in  the  days  preced- 
ing his  death.  If  he  had  lived,  they  may  have 
become  reconciled  and  perhaps  rewed,  al- 
though Valentino's  romance  with  Pola  Negri, 
the  tempestuous  screen  star,  was  mor«  in  the 
limelight  in  those  last  days. 

Valentino's  second  marriage,  to  Winifred 
Hudnut,  the  adopted  daughter  of  Richard! 
Hudnut,  the  perfume  king,  was  widely  pub- 
licized. Under  the  professional  name  of  Na- 
tacha  Rambova,  she  was  active  in  production 
of  "Cobra"  and  her  influence  over  Valentinc- 
and  his  career  was  acidly  commented  upon  by 
many   Hollywood   critics. 

Valentino's  hilltop  castle,  Falcon's  Lair,  in. 
Beverly  Hills,  was  richly  ornamented  and 
lavishly  furnished.  There,  too,  were  the  ken- 
nels and  stables  that  housed  the  horses  anc? 
dogs  of  which  he  was  so  fond.  It  was  a  prince- 
ly estate  befitting  the  high  station  attained 
by  the  immigrant  boy  from  Italy  who  had 
become  king  of  the  screen.  Yet  it  is  doubtful 
if  Falcon's  Lair  was  as  significant  to  Valen- 
tino as  that  first  house  in  Whitley  Heights 
he  had  occupied  during  the  years  of  his- 
burgeoning  fame. 

The  girl  from  Washington  who  thinks  that 
Rudolph  Valentino  was  a  "very  remarkable 
man"  is  right  .  .  and  so  are  the  millions 
throughout  the  world  who  have  accorded  him 
everlasting  fame. 


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that  wrap  you  in  gaiety.  Bates  looms  a  rayon 

blended  gently  as  blossoms  for  a 

bow-flickered  blouse  by  Morgan  Fauth,  designed 

for  the  Haymaker  division  of  David  Crystal. 

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The  H  olman  "  Calif  ornia  '  Jacket  .  .  .  a  must  for  every  sportswear  minded  man  whether  he  lives  i: 
Hollywood  or  anywhere  in  America!  Maurice  Holman  tailors  it  in  luxurious  woolens,  rich  gabardines,  soft  flannel 
.  .  .  in  Lush  California  Colors.  Available  now  at  your  favorite  Men's  Shop  in  both  Cardigan  and  collared  styles 
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push-up  balloon  sleeves  ...  double  breasted  with  flippant  hip  pockets  and  a 

full  swirling  skirt.  Sizes  9-15.  Price  about  $15.  Available  at  Charles  F.  Berg,  Portland; 

Z.  C.  M.  I.,  Salt  Lake  City;  and  Saks,  34th  St.,  New  York  City 

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For  the  active  golfer  ...  or  just  a  wonderful  dress  for  suburban 
and  home  wear,  see  the  Graff  Golfer  at  your  favorite  store. 

Comes  in  a  variety  of  fine  Michael  Ross  fabrics.  About  $13.00. 

Available  at  the  May  Co.,  Los  Angele: 


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BEAUTIFUL  BARK  .  .  .  outcropping  of 
giant  California  Redwoods.  Place  Burl  in  a 
tray  of  water  .  .  .  graceful  deep-green  shoots 
will  grow  and  grow  up  to  two  feet.  A  deco- 
rative plant  adding  warmth  to  your  room  .  .  . 
lasts  about  two  years.  Two  sizes:  $2.00  and 
$5.00,  postpaid.  Novel  pottery  planting  bowl, 
only  $1.00  extra.  Money-order  or  check  to 
California  Art  Rancho,  Dept.  6,  2005  Cowper 
Street,   Palo   Alto,   California. 

IT'S  A  RING  .  .  .  it's  a  puzzle  .  .  .  it's 
wonderful!  Based  on  the  four  points  of  right- 
eousness in  Confucianism:  right  living,  think- 
ing, speaking,  and  doing.  The  ring,  like  life  it- 
self, is  a  puzzle  that  can  be  solved  only  by 
knowing  its  secret.  Handmade  to  order. . .  14K 
gold,  $75;  sterling  silver,  $18  (tax  and  secret 
included ! )  Send  size  to  The  Idea  Factory, 
837  W.  36th  Place,  Los  Angeles  7,  Calif. 
...   or   to   Blumberg's,  Atlanta,   Ga. 

BREEZIES  .  .  .  all-leather  barefoot  sandals 
for  your  play  hours  .  .  .  and  feather-light 
for  dancing.  A  gold-buckled  sliding  adjust- 
able strap.  'Most  any  color  .  .  red,  green, 
navy,  turftan,  black,  white  or  natural.  These 
quality  sandals  in  sizes  4,  5,  6,  7,  8.  Just  $7.50, 
postpaid.  At  your  favorite  shoe  salon,  or 
mail  your  check  with  order  to  Style-Master 
Shoes  of  Hollywood,  8243  Lankershim  Blvd., 
N.   Hollywood,  California. 

ANIMAL  DOLLS  .  .  .  toys  with  personality. 
These  saucy  boy  and  girl  elephants  stand  12" 
high.  Soft  and  cuddly,  a  delight  to  the  most 
pampered  youngsters.  Colorfully  dressed  in 
red  and  white  checked  gingham  .  .  .  and 
personalized  with  the  child's  name  hand- 
embroidered.  The  pair,  $3.50,  postpaid.  Order 
from  Eddy  Berkeley,  1539  N.  McCadden 
Place,  Hollywood,  California.  Be  sure  to  send 
child's   name   with   order. 

CUFF  BRACELET  ...  a  sparkly  bit  of 
costume  jewelry  in  hand-wrought  copper  or 
hand-hammered  aluminum.  Spring  type,  ad- 
justable to  any  wrist  size  .  .  in  two  widths, 
iy2"  at  $1.50,  2"  at  $2.00  (plus  tax.)  Or  for 
a  very  special  gift  to  a  very  special  friend, 
order  the  V/o"  width  in  sterling  silver  at 
$4.00.  The  address  is  Benton  Handcrafts, 
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CONTINENTAL  PURSE  ...  a  handsome 
little  "carry-all"  to  go  with  you  everywhere. 
Kidskin-lined  compartments  for  everything . . . 
no  more  hide  'n  seek  for  makeup,  change, 
bills,  combs  and  the  like.  Made  of  the  softest 
baby  calfskin  in  midnight  brown,  bridle  tan, 
shamrock,  pimpernel  red,  navy,  black.  At 
Dunn's  English  Leather  Shop  in  Atlantic  City 
and  Robbins  Ltd.,  Beverly  Hills,  California. 
$15,  plus  tax.  From  Sandley,  629  S.  Hill, 
Los  Angeles,   California. 

GREENLEAF  RUBBER  COASTERS  .  .  . 

purposeful  and  pretty  for  occasional  tables  or 
]  your  festive  board.  Made  of  the  finest  quality 
synthetic  rubber,  impervious  to  heat,  cold,  al- 
cohol .  .  .  washable  and  fade  proof.  A  prac- 
tical, permanent  and  gay  decoration  for  your 
home.  The  set  of  eight,  attractively  boxed, 
$3.00  postpaid.  Orders  are  filled  promptly  by 
John  P.  Gleason,  Manufacturer,  627  North 
LaPeer  Drive,  Los  Angeles  46,   California. 

LADY  CHIEF  .  .  .  this  hand-tooled,  hand- 
laced,  natural  saddle  leather  bag.  A  lifetime 
pleasure  to  own!  Created  by  master  crafts- 
men and  perfect  in  every  detail  ...  all  leather 
lined  .  .  .  zippered  inside  and  out.  Nicely 
priced  at  $17.70.  including  tax  and  post- 
age. Tex  West  is  the  designer  and  will  fill 
your  order  promptly.  Write  him  at  112  W. 
Ninth  Street,  Los  Angeles  15,  California.  Send 
for  illustrated   folder. 

BEAUTY  BRIGHT  .  .  .  this  new  barrette 
is  something  to  talk  about  ...  its  gracefully 
curved  5  inches,  a  smart  accent  to  your  hair- 
do. Comes  in  shiny  silver  or  gold  finish. 
About  S3.00  at  John  Wanamaker,  New  York 
and  Philadelphia;  Coulter's,  Los  Angeles,  and 
other  fine  stores  across  the  country.  For  the 
name  of  the  store  in  your  vicinity,  write  the 
maker,  Biltmore  Accessories,  846  S.  Broad- 
way,  Los   Angeles,   California. 

GLAMOR  KIT  .  .  .  never  one  to  be  kept 
in  the  dark.  Fashion-wise  gadabouts  carry 
their  own  light  .  .  .  thanks  to  Revell's  new 
five-in-one  Glamor  Kit.  A  self-contained  en- 
semble with  flashlight,  lip  brush,  compact, 
cigarette  case  and  lighter.  Available  in  Chinese 
red,  black,  or  two-tone  black  and  yellow  at 
only  S4.95.  Revell  of  Hollywood,  210  N.  West- 
ern  Ave.,   Los  Angeles  4,   California. 


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SUN  CHEATERS  ...  for  the  shady  side  of 
your  summer  play  days.  Look  beautiful  and 
smart  through  these  specially  polarized  lenses, 
widely  rimmed  in  24-karat  gold  plate  by 
Suray  Process.  It's  fun  to  wear  them!  They're 
big  and  bold!  Order  by  mail,  or  stop  in  at 
Daniels  of  Beverly  Hills,  451  N.  Beverly 
Drive,  Beverly  Hills,  California.  Price,  $16.95, 
including  tax  and   postage. 

CALI-STUD  .  .  .  this  belt  gives  a  merry 
swing  to  your  summer  casuals.  It's  brass 
studded  and  it's  made  of  California  saddle 
leather  in  a  variety  of  colors  .  .  .  golden 
west,  sunset  red,  tanbark,  field  green,  Pacific 
blue.  About  $3.95  at  The  Broadway  Stores  in 
Los  Angeles,  Hollywood  and  Pasadena,  and 
other  fine  stores  throughout  the  country.  From 
Phil  Sockett  Mfg.  Co,  Est.  1925,  1240  S. 
Main,  Los  Angeles,  California. 

CALIFORNIA    PLATERY    ...    for    gay 

table  settings.  Santa  Anita  pottery  in  luscious 
pastel  colors  .  .  .  powder  blue,  turquoise,  desert 
sand,  buttercup  yellow  .  .  .  equally  assorted 
in  each  set.  Service  for  four  (20  pieces)  $8.95; 
service  for  six  (32  pieces)  $14.95;  or  have 
complete  dinner  service  for  eight  (45  pieces) 
$23.50.  Shipped  anywhere  in  the  U.  S.,  tax 
and  postage  included.  No  C.  O.  D.'s,  please. 
Order  from  Roy  Miller,  Box  1176,  Beverly 
Hills,    California. 

AMUSING  HOURS  ...  for  children.  Edu- 
cational, too,  are  these  well-known  stories  on 
record  (unbreakable  12"  discs.)  A  wonderful 
gift,  or  for  your  own  child's  record  library. 
Choice  of  five:  The  Laughing  Jack  O'Lantern, 
Johnny  Cake,  Three  Little  Pigs,  The  Little 
Engine  That  Could,  The  Shoemaker  and  the 
Elves.  $2.10  each,  postpaid.  Order  one  or  a 
complete  set  from:  Roy  Miller,  Box  1176  Bev- 
erly Hills,  California. 


YOGURT  FOR  YOUTH  ...  a  famous 
Bulgarian  cultured  milk-food,  wonderful  as  a 
general  health  conditioner  and  aid  to  skin 
beauty.  Send  for  diet  lists  and  Yogurt  recipes. 
Yami  Yogurt  is  available  in  leading  food 
stores  in  California.  If  not  in  your  vicinity, 
write  for  home  preparation  instructions  and 
supply,  (1-oz.  bottle  Yogurt  culture,  $1.80; 
Thermo-Cult  automatic  incubator,  $15.50.) 
From  International  Yogurt  Company,  Dept. 
CN,  Beverly  Hills,  California. 


THE     CALIFORNIAN,     July,      1947 


Fall  makes  a  date  with  Fashion  . . .  Reversible  leather  belt, 
Removable  button-in  vest  add  interest  to  this  Norfolk  Suit 
of  KJOhfUOOf  fabric.  Available  at  fine  stores  everywhere. 
DeDe  Johnson,  333  West  2nd  St.,  Los  Angeles  12,  California 


$45. 

Address    Mail    Orders    to    | 

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Fine  food  in  an  atmosphere 
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THE  CALIFORNIAN  presents  for  your  convenient"*-  a  current  directory  of  the  finest  restaurants  in  Los 
Angeles  and  San  Francisco,  cultural  events  of  interest  and  activities  that  make  living  in  California  or  a  visit 
to  our  state  the  most  enjoyable  foi  vou  and  your  family.  Fine  foods  of  many  kinds  are  available,  and 
whenever    possible   specialties   of    the   house    are    listed    and    names   of    the   maitres    d'hotel.     Have   a    good    time! 

THE    RESTAURANTS 

IN    LOS   ANGELES 


AMBASSADOR— 3400  Wil shire  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles. 
World-famous  Cocoanut  Grove  open  every  night  ex- 
cept Monday.  Saturday  afternoon  tea  dancing.  Freddy 
Martin's  Orchestra.  Dinners  from  $3.25.  Cover  $1, 
Saturday  $1.50.   Rouben. 

DON  THE  BEACHCOMBER— 1727  North  McCadden 
Place,  Hollywood.  Fried  Shrimp,  Rubaki,  Barbecued 
Spareribs,  Mandarin  Duck,  Chicken  Almond  and 
known  as  originator  of  the  Zombie.  Dinners  from  $3. 
Usually    crowded,    but    good    tourist    spot. 

BEVERLY  HILLS  HOTEL— 96+1  Sunset  Blvd.,  Bev- 
erly Hills.  Palm  room  open  Thursday,  Friday  and 
Saturday  nights  with  dancing.  Thursday  buffet,  $3.75. 
Dinner  a  la  carte  from  $1.75.  Good  food  and  you 
might  see   a  movie  star. 

BEVERLY  -  WILSHIRE  HOTEL  —  9415  Wilshire 
Blvd.,  Beverly  Hills.  Tasty  food  in  Copa  d'Ora  and 
Terrace    Room,    with    medium    prices. 

BILTMORE  BOWL— 515  South  Olive  St.,  Los  An- 
geles. Best  place  downtown  for  good  food  and  good 
music,  with  Russ  Morgan  playing.  Two-dollar  din- 
ners, nominal  cover  charge  and  two  floor  shows.  Nice 
for    tourists.    Closed    Monday. 

BUBLICHKI— SS46  Sunset  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles.  A 
bit  of  Russia  on  the  Strip.  Cutlet  a  la  Kieff,  Filet 
Mignon^  a  la  Stroganeff,  Caucasian  Shashlik,  Rus- 
sian BUni.  Dinners  from  $3.  Host,  Wally;  hostess, 
Jasmina.  Good  music  and  romantical,  Closed  Tuesday. 

CASA  LA  GOLONDRINA— 35  Olvera  St.,  Los  An- 
geles, "the  first  brick  house  in  the  city."  Historic 
Mexican  cafe.  Arroz  con  Polio,  Enchiladas,  Tacos. 
Dinners   from   $2.    Alfredo.    Closed    Sunday. 

CHAROUCHKA—  8524  Sunset  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles. 
Another  bite  of  Russia  on  the  Strip.  Mamma  and 
Papa,  "your  hosts,"  excel  with  atmosphere,  food  and 
soothing  music.  Closed  Monday,  and  prices  fairlv 
high. 

CHASEN'S— 9339  Beverly  Blvd.,  Beverly  Hills.  One 
of  the  best  in  the  West.  Excellent  cuisine  and  plenty 
of   celebrities.    Expensive.    Closed    Monday. 

CIRO'S— S344  Sunset  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles.  On  the 
Strip  and  luxurious,  with  name  bands  for  dancing. 
Expensive.    Celebrities,    sometimes. 

HENRI'S— 9236  Sunset  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles,  "where 
the  Sunset  Strip  meets  the  Bridal  Path."  The  leisurely 
glamor  of  Southern  California  as  the  visitor  hope's 
to  find  it.  Society,  celebrities,  tops  in  cuisine.  A  la 
carte    from    $2. 

HOUSE  OF  MURPHY  — La  Cienega  "Restaurant 
Row"  at  Fourth  Street,  Los  Angeles.  Madame  Begue's 
Chicken  Creole,  Hamburger  and  Onion  Rings,  Million 
Dollar  Hash.  Your  host,  Bob  Murphy.  Wonderful 
Salads,  Beautiful  Steaks.  A  la  carte,  medium  prices. 
Open   every  day. 

LA  RUE—  8633  Sunset  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles,  on  the 
Strip.  Tops  in  food  and  decor.  Crepes  Louise,  Crepes 
a  la  Reine,  Lasagne  Pasticciate,  Beef  Bourguignonne. 
From  noon  till  3  for  lunch  except  Sunday.  From  6  to 
11  p.m.  for  dinner.  Closed  Monday.  Felix  Cigolini. 
A    la    carte    entrees    from    $2.25. 

PERINO'S—  3027  Wilshire  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles.  In 
the  heart  of  the  smart  shopping  area.  Excellent  food. 
A  favorite  luncheon  rendezvous  for  society. 

READY  ROOM— Johnny  Wilson's  popular  rendez- 
vous for  the  younger  set.  Big  fireplace,  delicious 
steaks,  informal  atmosphere.  At  365  No.  La  Cienega 
Blvd.,   Los  Angeles,  on  Restaurant  Row. 

ROMANOFF'S— 326  No.  Rodeo  Drive,  Beverly  Hills. 
Prince  Mike  caters  to  movie  stars,  writers  and  pro- 
ducers.   Expensive. 

SARNEZ— 170  No.  La  Cienega  Blvd.,  Beverly  Hills. 


Lew  Sailee  and  Harry  Ringland  have  an  attractive 
place,  with  good  food  and  good  music,  reasonably 
priced. 

SOMERSET  HOUSE— On  Restaurant  Row  in  Bev- 
erly Hills.  Fine  steaks,  a  la  carte  dinners,  nice 
atmosphere    and    expensive. 

SPORTSMAN'S  LODGE— 12S33  Ventura  Blvd., 
North  Hollywood.  An  epicurean  delight  in  San  Fer- 
nando Valley.  Broiled  Lobster,  Chicken  Saute  a  Sec, 
Charcoal-broiled  Steaks  in  a  gorgeous  setting.  Jack 
Spiros.    From    5:30    p.m.    Closed    Monday. 

TAIL  O*  THE  COCK — 1-77  So.  La  Cienega  Blvd.. 
Los  Angeles,  on  Restaurant  Row.  Mac  McHenry  pro- 
vides excellent  foody  good  companions  and  a  pleasing 
atmosphere.  Hamburger  Diable  and  Fried  Shrimp  are 
specialties.  You'll  want  to  go  again  and  again,  and 
it's  reasonably  priced. 

TOWN  HOUSE— 2965  Wilshire  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles, 
overlooking  Lafayette  Park.  Three  smart  cafes  to 
serve  you  .  .  .  Garden  Room,  Cape  Cod  Grill  and 
the  Zebra  Room.  No  cover  or  minimum.  Excellent 
food    and    a    good    spot    for    the   tourist. 

THE    THEATRE 

PASADENA  COMMUNITY  PLAYHOUSE— Mid- 
summer drama  festival  during  July  and  August. 
Plays  for  July  include  "Mrs.  Wiggs  of  the  Cab- 
bage Patch,"  "Midsummer  Night's  Dream"  and 
"Melloney  Holtsbur."  Curtain  at  8:15 ;  prices  76c 
to    $2. 

PILGRIMAGE  PLAY— Pilgrimage  Play  dramatiz- 
ing the  Life  of  Christ,  every  night  but  Monday. 
This  20th  annual  open-air  presentation  of  the  drama 
opens   July    11.    $1.20    to   $2.40. 

THEATRE  MART— Continually  playing  "The 
Drunkard"  every  night  at  8.  Famous  old-time  melo- 
drama with  beer  and  pretzels.  Wonderful  tourist 
entertainment  and  good  for  the  entire  family. 

EL  CAPITAN— Ken  Murray's  "Blackouts  of  1947," 
starring  Marie  Wilson  and  Ken,  every  night  at  8:30, 
with  plenty  of  matinees.  Variety  entertainment  that 
will    please.    Good    for    tourists. 

EARL  CARROLL'S  THEATRE  RESTAURANT— 
In  Hollywood  for  the  tourist.  "The  Vanities"  in 
a  good  show  each  night  with  two  different  per- 
formances at  9:15  and  midnight.  Girls.  Girls.  Three- 
thirty   with   dinner,   $1.65    without. 

SAN  GABRIEL  MISSION  BOWL— "Bells  of  San 
Gabriel,"  outdoor  play  depicting  early  day  Cali- 
fornia life  opens  July  2.  Presented  in  conjunction 
with   dancing,    fiesta  and   barbecue. 

GRIFFITH  PARK  GREEK  BOWL— Hollywood 
Starlight  Theatre  Association  opens  summer  season 
July   7. 

CONCERT 
HOLLYWOOD  BOWL—  "Symphonies  Under  the 
Stars,"  36th  season  begins  July  S,  presenting  an 
eight- week  series  of  performances  featuring  world- 
famous  soloists  and  orchestras  with  varied  added 
features. 

SANTA  MONICA  MEMORIAL  THEATRE  — 
"Sym phonies  by  the  Sea,"  July  performance  dates 
to    be    announced. 

MUSICALS 

"LOUISIANA  PURCHASE*'— At  Philharmonic  Au- 
ditorium starting  July  14,  starring  William  Gaxton, 
Vera  Zorina,  Victor  Moore.  Curtain  at  8:30;  prices 
$1.20  to  $4.80.  Wednesday  and  Saturday  matinee 
at    2:30,    $1.20    to   $3.60. 


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THE      CALIFORNIAN,     July,      1947 


GOING  PLACES  AND  EATING  OUT 


GOING  PLACES  AND  EATING  OUT 


VARIETY 

TURNAB0UT  THEATRE— The  Yale  Puppeteers, 
Elsa  Lanchester  and  Lotte  Goslar  in  good  enter- 
tainment. "Mr.  Noah"  and  "About  Face"  through 
July  5;  "Caesar  Julius"  and  "Vice  Versa"  July  6-12; 
"Tom  and  Jerry"  and  "Turnabout  Time"  July  13- 
19;  "Gullible's  Travels"  and  "Southern  Exposure" 
July    20-27. 

WORLD    INVENTORS    EXPOSITION— July    11    to 

20  at  Pan  Pacific  Auditorium.  Doors  open  at  noon, 
close  at   11    p.m.  Adults  80c,   children   50c. 


SPORTS 

GRUNION  DERBY— Catch  a  grunion  at  Hunting- 
ton Beach  July  3  to  6,  evenings  from  8:45  to  10:15. 
Another  run  expected  July  18  to  21,  9  p.m.  to  11:30 
p.m. 

MARINE  WEEK— At  Santa  Barbara  July  g  4-6, 
water  sports  and  contests.  Swimming  and  diving 
championship   competitions. 

TENNIS — La  Jolla  will  hold  31st  annual  tennis  tour- 
nament July  16  at  La  Jolla  Playgrounds  Tennis 
Courts. 

HORSE  RACING— Gold  Cup  Race  at  Hollywood 
Park  Track  July  26.  $100,000  purse. 

BOXING — Every  Friday  night  at  8 :30  at  Holly- 
wood Legion  Stadium;  every  Tuesday  night  at  8:30 
at   downtown    Olympic   Auditorium. 

WRESTLING — Every  Monday  night  at  Hollywood 
Legion  Stadium;  every  Wednesday  night  at  down- 
town   Olympic   Auditorium. 

POLO — Regular  match  games  every  Sunday  at  2  at 
Riviera  Country  Club  Polo  Field,  off  Sunset  Blvd., 
on   the   way   to  the   beach. 

BASEBALL — Pacific  Coast  League  season  underway. 
See  daily  paper  for  contestants  and  time.  Games 
regularly  in  Los  Angeles,  Hollywood,  San  Francisco, 
Oakland,    Sacramento,    San    Diego,    Seattle,    Portland. 


OF   SPECIAL    INTEREST 

THROUGHOUT   STATE 

SANTA  BARBARA  COUNTY  FAIR  AND  HORSE 
SHOW— At   Santa   Maria  July   23-27. 

LAGUNA  BEACH  FESTIVAL  OF  ARTS— At  La- 
guna  Beach  July  26-August  6.  Displays  of  pottery, 
paintings  and  handcrafts.  Puppet  shews  ana  other 
entertainment.  "Pageant  of  the  Masters,"  living  re- 
productions of  famous  paintings  presented  each  eve- 
ning   in    Irvine    Bowl. 

SAN  DIEGO  MISSION  DAY— Celebration  of  the  an- 
niversary of  the  founding  of  the  Mission,  July  20. 
Fiesta    at    the   Mission. 


THE    RESTAURANTS 

IN    SAN    FRANCISCO 

PALACE  HOTEL— Market  and  New  Montgomery 
Sts.  Garden  Court  serving  lunch,  tea,  and  dinner. 
Leonard  Auletti  and  his  concert  orchestra.  Ask  for 
Joseph,  maitre  d'.  Also  Rose  Room,  open  nightly  ex- 
cept Monday.  Cover  $1  weekdays,  $1.50  Saturdays. 
Adolph. 

OMAR  KHAYYAM— 196  O'Farrell  St.  Dinner  only, 
$2.25  up.  George  Mardikian.  Armenian  Shish  Kebab, 
Tchahhokhbelli  and   Kouzou  Kzartma   are  specialties. 

ST.  FRANCIS  HOTEL  — Powell  and  Geary.  Mural 
Room  open  daily  for  lunch  and  dinner,  with  dancing 
from  8 :30  p.m.  except  Mondav,  and  tea  dancing 
Saturdays  from  4  to  5 :30.  A  la  carte.  Ernest. 
Order   almost  anything. 


LONGBARN— On  El  Camino  Real,  2  miles  south  of 
Stanford  University.  Open  for  dinner  only.  Closed 
Thursdays.  Ask  for  Willy  or  Eddy.  Dinners  $2.50  to 
$4.  Plan  to  eat  here  when  you  visit  the  peninsula. 
Country    farmhouse    style    with    women    chefs. 

RESTAURANT  LOMBARD— 1906  Van  Ness  Ave. 
Dinner  from  $2. 50,  or  a  la  carte.  Bill  Lombard 
specializes   in  steaks  and   real   thick   roast   beef. 

EL  PRADO — Post  and  Stockton,  in  the  Plaza  Hotel. 
Lunch  11-2,  dinner  6-9,  closed  Sundays  and  holidays. 
Walter  is  maitre  d'.  Service  London  style,  with  every- 
thing rolled  in  on  a  serving  table.  Chef  Maurice 
specializes   in    French   cuisine.     Roast    beef    best   item. 

STAR  LITE  ROOM,  Hotel  Sir  Francis  Drake — Sutter 
and  Powell.  Lunch  onlv  from  12  to  2,  buffet  style, 
for  $1.50.  Includes  hot  dishes.  Al  Field,  host.  You 
dine    22    floors    up    with    a    spectacular    view. 

TONGA  ROOM— In  the  Fairmont  Hotel.  Open  4:30 
p.m.  to  1:30  a.m.  daily.  Hawaiian  band  plays  on  a 
raft  in  a  swimming  pool,  with  the  dining  tables 
surrounding.  Dinners  $3.50.  Hawaiian  Ham  and 
Eggs    at   $1.50,    or   a    la    carte.    Henry   Degorog,    host. 

PARIS— 242  O'Farrell  St.  Lunch  and  dinner  daily, 
but  no  lunch  on  Sunday.  Dinner  $1.50.  Typical  old 
San  Francisco  family-style  French  cuisine  in  plain 
surroundings.  Lots  of  crusty  French  bread  and  de- 
licious   soup.     Excellent    cooking. 

BLUE  FOX— 659  Merchant  St.  Dinners  only,  closed 
Mondays.  Ask  for  Mario  or  Frank.  Dinners  from 
$2.  French  and  Italian  style.  Fr*g  legs  Doree,  Bone- 
less Squab,  Chicken  stuffed  with  wild  rice,  Rex  Sole 
Marguerite.  In  an  alley,  not  bright  and  shiny,  but 
they   know   how   to  cook.  The   natives  eat   here. 

CLIFF  HOUSE — Point  Lobos  Avenue,  overlooking 
Seal  Rocks.  Dinners  daily  from  $1.50.  Seafood, 
Steaks,  Chicken  and  Roasts.  Eat  while  looking 
through  the  oversize  plateglass  windows  at  the  ocean, 
Seal   Rocks   and    Golden   Gate   strait. 

THE  PLANTATION— At  349  Sutter  St.  in  the  de- 
lightful new  Pavilion  at  tiffin  time.  A  la  carte,  with 
English  and  French  delicacies  the  feature.  Reason- 
ably   priced. 

SOLARI'S-^9  Maiden  Lane  and  29  Kearny.  Closed 
Sundays.  Fine  continental  food  and  atmosphere.  Ask 
for  Max  David  or  Peter  Wolf.  A  la  carte.  Special- 
ties  include   crab   legs  or  sweetbreads. 

DOMINO  CLUB— 25  Trinity  Place  (opposite  111 
Sutter) .  Dinners  from  $2. 50,  with  emphasis  on 
steaks  and  roast  beef.  On  the  walls  an  impressive  col- 
lection of   paintings  of   nudes.   Cheery   for  tourists. 

SCHROEDER'S—  111  Front  St.  Closed  Saturday  and 
Sunday.  Definitely  not  a  tourist  spot,  this  54- year- 
old  restaurant  offers  superb  German  style  cooking 
and  wonderful  dark  draught  beer.  Men  only  at  lunch 
time,  but  the  ladies  can  come  to  dinner.  Lunches 
from    65    cents    and    dinners    average    $1. 

VENETO'S-^ay  at  Mason  St.  A  corner  of  old  Italy 
with  authentic  decor,  and  a  fascinating  Cave  Room 
that  has  stalactites  overhead.  Exceptional  Italian 
cuisine  features  Omozzolo  tossed  salad  and  chicken 
a   la   sec.     Dinners    start    at   $1.75. 

GRI SON'S — Van  Ness  and  Pacific.  Two  restaurants 
under  same  management  on  opposite  corners.  At  the 
STEAK  HOUSE,  Kansas  City  steaks  a  la  carte  only 
from  $1.25.  Other  specialties  are  soft  shell  crabs, 
eastern  prawns,  planked  steak.  At  the  CHICKEN 
HOUSE,  Southern  style  chicken  dinner  at  $1.85  and 
prime  roast  beef  dinner  at  $2.15.  Ask  for  Robert 
Grison    or    Charles    Morosin. 

ALFRED'S — 886  Broadway  (near  Mason).  Dinners 
from  $2  and  a  la  carte  specialties.  Charcoal-broiled 
steak,  squab  en  casserole,  jumbo  frogs  legs,  chicken 
saute   with    mushrooms.    Ask   for    Alfred. 

THREE  LITTLE  SWISS— 530  Broadway.  Pleasant 
decor  and  good  food.  Lunch  from  85c,  dinner  from 
$2.25,  including  Cliff  steak  with  mustard  sauce,  veal 
scallopini,  brook  trout,  Chicken  St.  Hi  >r'itz.  Ask  for 
Louis. 


...where  the  smartest 
Angelenos  get  together 
for  our  famous  luncheons 
and  dinners  . . . 
on  Beverly  Hills' 
"Restaurant  Row" 


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II 


costume  jewelry 
needs  your  care 


borne    of   the   marvelous    artistry   in    modern 
costume  jewelry  is  worthy  of  a  Cellini  . 
it's   semi-precious   stuff    .    .    .   with   accent   on 
the     precious.     And,     as     such,    it    is     worth 
taking  care  of. 

Primarily,  let's  get  a  sectioned  jewel  case 
.  .  .  there's  nothing  more  destructive  to 
bangles  and  baubles  than  becoming  part  of 
an  indiscriminate  tangle  in  a  catch-all  box. 
Padded  hosiery  boxes  lend  themselves  well 
to  jewelry  storage  .  .  .  another  convenient 
receptacle  is  the  compartmented  sewing  box. 
Or  you  can  make  your  own  gem  casket  out 
of  an  egg  box:  Buy  a  small  bottle  of  silicate 
of  soda  .  .  .  water  glass  .  .  .  from  the  phar- 
macy and  brush  it  on  all  surfaces  of  the  sec- 
tioned lining.  This  will  stiffen  the  cardboard 
so  that  it  will  hold  its  shape.  A  bit  of  swish 
can  be  added  if  the  lining  is  first  painted 
with  pastel  water  color,  but  test  for  .thorough 
dryness  before  applying  the  water  glass.  The 
outside  of  the  egg  box  can  be  prettied  up  the 
same  way. 

CLEANING  THE  CROWN  JEWELS  .  .  . 
Costume  gems,  except  pearls,  can  be  cleaned 
by  dipping  in  alcohol  and  then  shaking  in 
jeweler's  sawdust.  Soap  and  warm  water,  fol- 
lowed by  an  alcohol  rinse,  is  efficacious  ex- 
cept with  pieces  where  glue  is  incorporated. 
Never  use  soap  on  pearls  .  .  .  either  real  or 
synthetic  .  .  .  best  way  to  preserve  their  luster 
is  by  frequent  wearing  next  to  the  skin,  and 
by  polishing  with  chamois.  Coral  can  be 
cleaned  by  boiling  in  soapy  water  to  which 
a  pinch  of  soda  has  been  added. 

SLICK  UP  YOUR  CHAINS  .  .  .  gold  or 
silver  chains  are  best  cleaned  by  dropping 
into  a  jar  half-filled  with  gentle  soap  flakes 
to  which  has  been  added  a  teaspoon  of  am- 
monia and  two  teaspoons  of  whiting.  Rinse 
in  clear  water  and  dry  with  jeweler's  saw- 
dust  or   tissue  paper. 

BANGLE  LORE  .  .  .  Your  silver  bracelets, 
earrings  and  etceteras  are  a  bit  too  delicate 
in  design  for  handling  with  commercial  silver 
polish  ...  so  here's  the  next  best  thing: 
Rub  with  art  gum  eraser,  rinse  in  warm  wa- 
ter and  polish  with  soft  cloth.  For  the  larger 
pieces,  polish  with  toothpaste  and  an  eye- 
brow brush. 

BUCKLED  IN  BRASS  .  .  .  Those  big  brass 
belt  buckles  and  the  buttons  on  your  sports 
jackets  and  dresses  can  be  polished  to  a 
gleam  by  rubbing  with  a  piece  of  salted 
lemon.  To  keep  fit  for  inspection,  polish  be- 
tween times  with  a  soft  cloth  dipped  in  sew- 
ing machine  oil. 

COMBS  IN  YOUR  HAIR  ...  or  frames 
on  your  handbags  are  apt  to  be  tortoise- 
shell.  This  can  be  cleaned  and  renewed  by 
rubbing  with  powdered  rottenstone  and  jewel- 
er's rouge,  followed  by  a  vigorous  polish 
with  a  chamois. 


CALIFORNIA  IN  BOOKS 


by  hazel  alien  pulling 

lerennial  interest  in  the  lore  and  the  lure  of  California  is  reflected  in  the  wide 
and  varied  range  of  her  current  publications. 

And  vieing  for  first  place  in  appeal  for  readers  are  two  books  with  new-found 
subjects:  one,  an  illuminating  panorama  of  Chinese  life  in  California  in  the  days 
of  the  Gold  Rush  era,  Pigtails  and  Gold  Dust,  by  Alexander  McLeod  (Caxton,  1947. 
326p.  $5.00)  ;  the  other,  a  dramatic  portrayal  of  the  fabulous  life  of  California's 
financial  wizard,  A.  P.  Giannini;  Giant  in  the  West,  by  Julian  Dana  (Prentice-Hall, 
1947.  345p.  $4.50).  Another  recent  book  that  may  well  supplant  both  of  these  in 
the  interest  of  many  readers  is  Parker  Tyler's  Magic  and  Myth  of  the  Movies,  an 
evaluation  of  the  sociological,  psychological,  and  artistic  qualities  of  California's 
best-known   product — the   motion   picture    (Holt,    1947.   283p.   $3.50). 

Pigtails  and  Gold  Dust  is  a  sympathy-begetting  account  of  the  vicissitudes  suffered 
by  the  Chinese,  when,  a  pigtailed,  blue-jacketed  horde,  they  settled  quietly  upon 
gold-bedazzled  California  to  do  her  menial  tasks  and  to  become  one  of  her  dis- 
tressing, long  unsolved  problems.  From  1848  to  the  demolition  of  San  Francisco's 
Chinatown  by  the  earthquake  and  fire  of  1906  the  course  of  the  Oriental  in  his  new- 
found home  is  traced.  Customs  and  beliefs,  slave  markets  and  opium  dens,  weird 
superstitions  and  Tong  wars  are  displayed  against  a  background  of  old-world 
influences  and  new-world  necessities.  Many  a  myth  is  exploded  in  this  brocaded 
panorama  of  one  phase  of  California  life. 

A.  P.  Giannini  is  a  hope-inspiring  account  of  a  man  who  rose  from  meager  be- 
ginnings to  a  life  of  riches  and  fulfillment.  It  also  is  the  story  of  a  region  whose 
history  paralleled,  sometimes  intertwined  that  of  the  man.  Amadeo  Peter  Giannini, 
born  in  1870,  was  the  son  of  Luigo,  grape-growing  immigrant  from  Italy  who 
sought,  but  failed  to  find,  wealth  from  the  gumbo  flats  of  Alviso.  From  the  poverty 
of  his  youth  "A.  P."  became  one  of  the  nation's  ten  top  financiers.  His  dramatic 
life,  his  spectacular  success,  the  loves  and  the  hates  he  engendered,  are  indissolubly 
part  of  the  life  of  the  land  and  its  people.  Dana,  adept  student  of  California's  past, 
has  added  one  more  worthy  title  to  his  list  of  California  interpretations. 

Southern  California's  motion  picture  industry  has  found  a  staunch  supporter 
and  effective  interpreter  in  Parker  Tyler,  native  of  Louisiana  who  surprisingly  has 
never  visited  Hollywood.  His  Magic  and  Myth  of  the  Movies  is  an  answer  to  the 
query,  "What's  in  a  movie?"  Seeking  a  broad  understanding  of  man  through  an 
analysis  of  his  pleasure  in  motion  pictures,  Tyler  explains  the  psychological  and 
emotional  impact  of  the  movies  and  recounts  their  value  in  revealing  life's  mo- 
tives and  in  satisfying  its  hungers.  From  his  analysis  of  specific  pictures  one  learns 
to  evaluate  the  art  of  the  cinema  and  to  enjoy  its  offerings.  Entertaining  and 
enlightening,  this  book  is  as  much  a  view  of  a  region  as  it  is  of  the  product  of 
an  industry. 

One  last  book,  in  the  event  you  have  not  yet  planned  that  vacation  trip.  Have 
you  seen  Carl  Parcher  Russell's  One  Hundred  Years  in  Yosemite:  the  Story  of  a 
Great  Park  and  Its  Friends?  (University  of  California,  1947.  226p.  $3.75).  This 
revised  edition  will  acquaint  you  with  the  park  as  it  was  known  by  explorers  and 
early  visitors,  and  will  enhance  your  own  enjoyment  of  its  scenic  splendors. 

Write  to  me  in  care  of  The  Californian  if  you  are  interested  in  any  particular 
phase  of  Californiana  .  .  any  book  you  wish  reviewed. 


household  hints 


New  flavor  for  boiled  artichokes:  Add  two  tablespoons  of  salad  oil  and  a  clove  of  garlic  to  the 
cooking  water. 

Handy  applicators  for  silver  polish:  Old  powderpuffs  which  have  been  washed  thoroughly 
and    dried. 

Soiled  tapestry  hangings:  Clean  by  rubbing  with  dry  bran,  then  brushing  thoroughly. 

To  freshen  dried  nutmeats:  Soak  for  several  hours  in  a  half-and-half  solution  of  milk  and  water. 

Clogged  holes  in  gas  stove  burners  can  be  cleaned  with  pipe  cleaners 

Don't  pour  cold  water  into  hot  kettles,  it  may  warp  the  metal. 

Revive   artificial  flowers   made   of   fabric  by   placing   them   over  steam   for   a   few  minutes. 

To  clean  feathers  or  plumes:  Place  them  in  a  paper  bag  with  one  cup  flour  and  one-half 
cup   powdered   borax;    shahe   gently. 

Match-scratches   on    painted    surfaces:    Remove   by   rubbing   with   cut   lemon. 

Perfume  stains  on  white  garments:  Remove  by  sponging  with  a  half-and-half  solution  of 
hydrogen   peroxide   and   water. 

Shoe  stains  on  your  nylon  hosiery:  Remove  by  adding  one  tablespoon  of  borax  to  the  soap 
and   water. 

Uneven,  ragged  ends  on  your  scrub  mop  result  in  splash  marks  on  the  baseboards;  keep  mop 
trimmed  neatly. 

"Essence  of  Garlic"  will  tone  up  gravies  and  soups,  also  can  be  used  to  baste  roasts.  Make 
it  by  muddling  two  cloves  of  garlic,  adding  water  and  letting  mixture  stand  for  a  half  hour. 


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ON    RECORD 


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ranees  anderson 


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1  he  postwar  world  is  beginning  to  fulfill  some  of  its  promises  so  far  as  the  field 
of  recorded  music  is  concerned.  Discs  of  lighter,  more  enduring  materials  yielding 
more  accurate  reproduction;  phonographs  of  greater  range  and  depth  of  tone; 
and,  on  the  intangible  side,  a  more  adventurous  spirit  in  seeking  out  new  talents 
and  seldom-heard  but  very  fine  music. 

In  the  serious  music  department,  the  trend  can  be  illustrated  by  two  somewhat 
disparate  enterprises:  the  English  Decca  Full  Frequency  Range  Recording,  which 
combines  the  most  excellent,  impeccable  and  noteworthy  mechanical  reproduction 
to  be  heard  today,  with  an  interesting  choice  of  subjects  and  fine  musicianship; 
and  the  RCA  Victor  Heritage  Series  .  .  .  re-pressings  of  out-of-print  masterpieces 
by  artists  for  the  most  part  already  departed  for  a  musical  Valhalla,  issued  on  the 
shiniest  vinylite  which  seems  to  eradicate  a  lot  of  the  scratchiness  and  unevenness 
that  was  unavoidable  in  early  recording. 

In  both  popular  and  serious  music  categories,  today's  output  covers  a  sur- 
prisingly  wide   range   .    .    .   for   instance: 

SERIOUS  RECORDINGS 

Brahms,  Sonata  in  f  minor,  Op.  120,  No.  1,  for  viola  and  piano.  We  lead  off 
with  this  because  the  artistry  of  William  Primrose,  probably  the  world's  foremost 
violist,  and  William  Kapell  do  full  justice  to  a  very  beautiful  sonata.  Victor. 
Mendelssohn,  "Reformation  Symphony,"  No.  5  in  d  minor,  recorded  by  Sir  Thomas 
Beecham  and  the  London  Philharmonic  Orchestra.  Beecham  extracts  all  possible 
color  and  dynamics  from  a  work  that  is  sometimes  dull,  sometimes  attractive,  often 
fine.  Victor.  "Poor  Me"  and  "Hold  On,"  negro  spirituals  sung  by  Marian  Anderson. 
The  first  is  sombre,  its  depths  explored  with  a  wonderful  cello-like  tone:  the  latter 
exuberant.   Victor. 

NOTE:  Jascha  Heifetz  has  a  whole  batch  of  new  single  records  out,  all  of  them 
played  with  dazzling  virtuosity.  The  maestro's  choice  of  compositions  ranges  from 
solid  to  mediocre.  Miklos  Rozsa,  "The  Red  House,"  a  suite  of  four  parts  arranged 
from  the  motion  picture  score.    Well,  it's  supposed  to  be  "serious"  music.  Capitol. 

POPULAR  ALRUMS 

"Music  Out  of  the  Moon."  This  hodge-podge  of  jive  and  theremin  (the  thing 
!  that  evokes  sounds  from  the  atmosphere  when  you  wave  your  hands  over  it,  and 
sounds  like  a  vibrato  off-key  soprano  voice)  isn't  bad  if  you  can  survive  the  sexiest 
album-cover  that  ever  got  past  the  censors.  Capitol. 

"Somebody  Loves  Me,"  a  collection  of  songs  by  Buddy  de  Sylva,  sung  by  Capitol's 
leading  artists.  Best:  Peggy  Lee  (ahh!)  doing  "Somebody  Loves  Me,"  and  the 
King  Cole  Trio  on  "You're  The  Cream  in  My  Coffee."  Nice  to  have.  Capitol. 
"Rodgers  and  Hart  Songs"  sung  by  Milton  Berle,  Betty  Garrett  and  others.  Good 
tunes,  fair  performance  by  Berle,  extremely  funny  rendition  by  Betty  Garrett  in  her 
flat,  down-to-earth  voice.    Victor. 

JUKE  ROX  FODDER 

"A  Little  Too  Fer"  and  "The  Covered  Wagon  Rolled  Right  Along."  Don't  miss 
these.  Johnny  Mercer  goes  hill-billy  with  wonderful  results,  aided  and  abetted 
by  Merle  Travis.  Wes  Tuttle  and  the  Coon  Hunters.  Capitol.  "It  Takes  Time." 
and  "I  Wonder,  I  Wonder."  Old  Satchmo  does  right  well  .  .  .  it's  Armstrong  all 
the  way  ...   on  the  lyrics  and   of  course   on   the   incomparable  horn.  Victor. 

"Old  Devil  Moon"  finds  Margaret  Whiting  at  her  best  on  a  good  tune.  Backed 
by  the  dreamy  "Ask  Anyone  Who  Knows."  Capitol.  "I  Wish  I  Didn't  Love  You 
So."  Betty  Hutton  does  a  torch  song  .  .  .  but  good!  The  reverse,  "The  Sewing 
Machine,"  is  in  her  more  characteristic  or  cement-mixer  style.  Capitol.  "I  Sold 
My  Heart  to  the  Junkman"  and  "My  Sleepy  Head."  We're  getting  awfully  fond  of 
Etta  Jones  .  .  .  rhythm,  personality  and  mood.   Victor. 

"There's  Them  That  Do"  is  real  cute,  that's  what,  with  lyrics  by  Bobby  Sherwood 
and  Lynn  Stevens.  Sherwood  and  his  band  do  nicely  on  the  back,  too,  with  "We 
Knew  It  All  The  Time."  Capitol.  "I  Never  Knew"  .  .  .  that  Sam  Donahue 
could  carry  off  a  blue  mood  in  this  chromatic  manner.  Swell  vocal  by  Bill  Lock- 
wood.  Reverse  is  usual  bounce,  "Why  Did  It  Have  To  End  So  Soon."  Capitol. 
"Bo  Bo  Baila,"  and  "Mi  Corazon"  .  .  .  really  good  Latin  rhythm  by  Rafael  Mendez 
and  his  orchestra.    Exclusive. 

"New  Orleans  Blues"  and  "I  Surrender,  Dear"  by  Johnny  Moore's  Three  Blazers, 
one  of  the  best  small  combos  going.  Good  mellow  vocals  by  Charles  Brown.  Ex- 
clusive. "Shorty's  Got  To  Go"  sez  Bill  Johnson  and  the  Musical  Notes  .  .  .  this 
is  very  funny,  with  some  good  licks  on  the  side.  Backing  is  "Don't  You  Think  I 
Oughta  Know."    Also  okay,  but  "Shorty"  gets  the  nod  on  lyrics.    Victor. 


shadow-boxing 
for  your  home 


IN  ot  all  of  us  can  own  a  genuine  Cezanne 
or  Gaugin  .  .  but  what  we  can  do  is  con- 
struct a  shadow-box  arrangement  of  actual 
still-life  models  such  as  might  have  been 
used  by  the  great  painters.  Shadow-box 
art  can  be  adapted  to  the  mood  of  any 
room  .  .  will  provide  endless  variety  in 
decorative  accent. 

To  make  one  of  these  magical  gadgets, 
buy  a  piece  of  half-inch  thick  plywood 
and  have  it  cut  into  four  sections  .  .  two 
of  them  24  inches  by  six  inches,  another 
two,  18  by  six,  and  the  fifth  piece,  18  by 
24.  Use  shingle  nails  to  fasten  together 
into  a  shallow  box,  the  open  side  of  which 
is  then  glued  or  nailed  to  the  back  sur- 
faces of  an  old  picture  frame.  All  sorts  of 
intriguing  frames  can  be  found  in  second- 
hand stores,  and  one  type  that  lends  itself 
to  multi-various  treatment  is  the  ornate 
gay-nineties  gilt  frame.  Keep  in  mind, 
however,  that  the  frame  must  be  light  in 
weight  or  it  cannot  be  attached  securely 
to  the  edges  of  the  plywood  box. 

For  the  wall  of  an  informal  dining  room 
or  dinette,  you  might  try  one  of  the  baroque 
frames  around  a  whimsical  grouping  of 
loaf-of-bread  and  jug-of-wine.  Suggested  for 
this  is  a  raffia-wrapped  wine  bottle  and 
a  loaf  of  French  bread  (coated  with  egg- 
white  or  water-glass  to  preserve  the  color 
and  shape.)  If  the  addition  of  a  "book 
of  verse"  seems  overwhelming,  the  fore- 
ground could  be  comprised  of  a  few  pieces 
of  fruit  or  colorful  vegetables.  A  more 
formal  shadow-box,  featuring  perhaps  a 
Dresden  grouping  or  a  Chinese  arrange- 
ment of  figurine,  vase  and  floral,  would 
call  for  a  lighter  frame  of  delicate  design. 

Several  different  "backdrops"  should  be 
made  so  that  they  may  be  interchanged. 
Suggested  are  unusual  textured  fabrics  in 
neutral  colors  or  half-tones  which  may  be 
stretched  and  glued  on  cardboard  or  thin 
plywood  and  tacked  to  the  back  of  the 
shadow-box.  Equally  good  are  cut-to-fit 
pieces  of  woven  bamboo  or  wood-grained 
veneer  stripping. 

So,  round  up  all  your  precious  objets 
d'art.  look  through  your  kitchen  cup- 
boards for  colorful  bottles  and  jars,  inves- 
tigate the  attic  and  basement  catch-alls 
for  possible  component  parts  of  still-life 
displays  and  put  your  imagination  and  in- 
genuity to  work.  Every  room  in  the  house 
can  have  a  shadow-box,  and,  depending 
upon  your  decor  and  mood,  they  can  serve 
as  a  setting  for  everything  from  patri- 
cian   Wedgewood    to    plebian    bottle   glass. 


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THE    MALIBU 


MANY  and  mellow  are  the  tales  of 
old  castles,  fabulous  feudal  estates 
and  the  legendary  characters  who 
ruled  over  them.  But  this  is  the  story 
of  a  modern  castle  .  .  where  only 
this  year  the  last  mosaic  was  laid  in 
a  fantastic  $200,000  pattern  of  tile 
.  .  the  story  of  a  24,000-acre  Cali- 
fornia estate,  which,  despite  having 
had  its  heart  sliced  out  to  create  a 
beautiful  motion  picture  colony,  still 
remains  largely  intact  as  the  last 
of  the  great  Spanish  land  grants  to 
be  dispersed.  That  is  the  story  of 
Mrs.  May  K.  Rindge,  Queen  of  The 
Malibu,  who,  though  not  yet  seven 
years  dead,  already  is  a  legendary 
figure  to  the  residents  of  the  West. 

The  lowest  and  the  highest  courts  of  the  land  record  her  17- 
year  losing  battle  against  encroachment  upon  her  domain  by 
county  and  state  highways.  Many  a  Los  Angeles  businessman 
can  recall  his  own  encounter  with  her  rough,  gruff  fence 
riders  when,  in  the  spirit  of  boyish  adventure,  he  sought  to 
slip  through  her  fence  and  locked  gates  to  enjoy  or  explore 
the  unknown  beaches  beyond  Castle  Rock.  Sadly  he  may  re- 
call the  efficiency  of  the  armed  riders  who  were  charged  with 
protecting,  inviolate  against  all  comers  and  trespassers,  her 
late  husband's  dreamy  ideal  of  an  American  Riviera  .  .  a 
Riviera  they  hoped  would  one  day  stretch  along  the  22  miles 
of  virgin  shores  they  owned  with   a  lifelong  passion  of  pos- 

by  William  J.  Bowen 


The  Queen:  Mrs.  May  K. 
Rindge,  whose  20-year  de- 
fense of  her  Malibu  domain 
left  her  bankrupt.  Today  the 
last  of  the  famous  Spanish 
land  grants  is  in  liquidation. 


session.  The  hard  fighting,  embit- 
tered and  persecuted  Mrs.  Rindge, 
Queen  of  The  Malibu,  remains  to- 
day, as  during  her  life,  a  legend. 

Like  those  other  mellower,  older 
tales,  this  one  is  lean  of  facts  .  . 
rich  in  dubious  fable.  And  one  can- 
not be  certain  which  is  which.  This 
has  been  so  since  the  days  of  the 
phantom  shipwreck  on  Point  Dume, 
and  persists  so  through  the  events  of 
the  last  decade.  Anyone  can  visit 
the  Rindge  Castle  on  a  weekday  .  . 
but  few  know  it  or  do  so  .  .  and  see 
for  himself  that  the  gold  plumbing 
fixtures  he  has  heard  about  are  not 
there.  The  Father  Superior  will  tell 
vou  that  none  were  in  evidence  when  the  Franciscans  bought 
the  unfinished  castle  at  a  bankruptcy  sale  six  years  ago.  But 
the  story  of  The  Malibu  does  not  suffer  from  these  deletions 
.  .  the  truth  is  fabulous  enough. 

The  Malibu  had  been  cloaked  in  mystery  and  isolation 
since  the  beginning  of  its  known  history.  The  Rindge  fam- 
ily merely  perpetuated  its  lonely  mood  through  its  last  period 
as  a  modern  frontier.  Thousands  of  motorists  who  daily 
speed  along  the  intruding  ribbon  of  concrete  that  is  the  coast 
highway  now  can  enjoy  the  scenic  splendor  of  the  shore- 
line that  once  was  reserved  for  the  eyes  of  the  Queen  alone. 
They  can  imagine  the  glamorous  way  of  life  that  breathes 
within   the   privacy   of   the   colony   of   cliffside   estates.     But 


The  Queen's  husband:  Fred- 
erick Hastings  Rindge,  who 
in  1890  dreamed  of  an 
American  Riviera  on  his  24,- 
000-acre  Rancho  Topanga- 
Malibu-Sequit    by    the    sea. 


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Perched  regally  upon  a  promontory  overlooking  Malibu  Greek,  the  fashionable 
motion  picture  colony  and  the  Pacific  Ocean  beyond,  the  Queen's  fabulous  castle, 
opposite  pa^e  and  below,  today  is  used  as  a  Catholic  retreat.  Almost  as  legendary 
as  the  Queen  herself,  it  took  years  to  lay  its  tons  of  mosaic  and  roofing'  tile. 

From  a  catwalk  set  in  the  gable  of  the  Rindge  castle  roof.  Father  Superior 
Augustin  surveys  the  estates  of  the  Serra  Retreat.  The  spending  of  half  a 
million  dollars  on  the  home  that  May  Rindge  never  completed  kept  a  death-bed 
promise    to    her    husband    .   .   .    the    last   grand    stroke    before    her   own    demise. 


This  oriental  "throw  rug" 
.  .  .  complete  with  fringe 
.  .  .  actually  is  a  mosaic  of 
glazed  tile.  It  is  the  smallest 
of  three  intricate  rug  copies 
in  the  castle.  Laundry  chutes 
and  cupboards  are  of  tile, 
too.  The  story  of  an  upstairs 
swimming    pool     is    a    myth. 


few  are  aware  of  the  charm  of  the  hills  and  canyons  and 
streams  .  .  or  of  the  romance  and  mystery  and  secrets  locked 
in  the  rocks  and  the  sand  and  the  waters  of  this,  the  last  of 
the  great  ranches.  And  few  are  they  who,  noting  the  grand 
castle  perched  regally  on  its  mesa  top,  pause  to  think  of  it 
as  a  bitter  monument  to  the  woman  who  fought  doggedly  for 
an  ideal,  only  to  die  bankrupt,  still  clinging  to  the  last  rem- 
nants of  her  crumbling  empire. 

The  scant  recorded  history  between  the  landing  of  Juan 
Rodriguez  Cabrillo  in  1542  and  the  beginning  of  the  Rindge 
dynasty  in  1890  is  highly  colored  with  uncorroborated  tales 
of  pirates  and  thieves  and  adventurers.  Let  us  look  back  upon 
some  of  this  early  romance  and  mystery  without  prejudice 
as  to  which  is  fancy,  which  fact. 

There  are  tales  of  Spanish  galleons  and  American  vessels 
manned  by  pirates  that  used  to  put  in  safely  along  the  shores 
of  The  Malibu.  As  long  ago  as  1819,  two  Yankee  smugglers' 
ships  landed  at  Point  Dume  and  it  is  recorded  that  the  leaders 
were  caught  and  put  in  chains  by  the  Mexican  bandits  who 
had  lured  them  ashore.  A  tunnel,  probably  man-made,  through 
the  rocks  on  the  point  is  supposed  to  have  been  used  by  the 
pirates  and  smugglers;  and  it  is  said  that  they  landed  their 
loot  in  the  cove  to  its  north.  Remnants  of  a  deserted  well 
and  ancient  shack  are  discoverable  to  the  keen-eyed  explorer 
of  magnificent  lonely  Dume. 

Old-timers  from  the  Zuma  Canyon  and  Boney  Mountain 
regions  tell  of  the  "phantom"  ship  that  was  wrecked  on  Point 
Dume  60  years  ago.  Nobody  ever  knew  who  had  been  aboard, 
but  apparently  the  ship's  complement  had  gotten  away  safely 
across  the  Santa  Monica  Mountains.  At  any  rate,  the  old- 
timers  swear,  an  empty  treasure  chest  was  found  aboard  the 
vessel.  If  one  stands  today  on  the  rugged,  windy  point  of 
Dume  .  .  which  forms  the  northern  arm  of  vast  Santa  Monica 
Bay  .  .  and  listens  to  the  moaning  of  the  offshore  buoy,  he 
will  be  inclined  to  give  full  credence  to  those  yarns.  Waves 
crash  upon  the  rocks  just  seaward  from  the  point  where, 
twice  a  year,  sea  lions  come  by  the  hundreds  to  have  their 
pups  and  school  them  in  the  ways  of  sea  lion  living.  On  the 
bluffs  commanding  one  of  the  coast's  most  inspiring  sights, 
northward  to  Point  Mugu  and  southward  across  the  arc  of 
beach  cities  to  Palos  Verdes,  the  subdivider's  markers  pressage 
the  imminent   intrusion,   at   last,    of  a   civilization   which   had 


until   now   by-passed   it  on   the   Roosevelt   Highway    only   one 
mile  away. 

But  smuggling  of  a  different  kind  has  colored  the  history  of 
The  Malibu  as  lately  as  the  twenties.  Rum  runners  landed 
along  its  deserted  shores  during  prohibition,  and  on  at  least 
one  occasion  there  was  a  running  battle  lasting  several  hours 
between  the  bootleggers  and  the  Federals.    And  then,  as  re- 


Today  The  Malibu  has  achieved  something  of  the  American  Riviera  flavor 
...  is  a  playground  for  movie  folk  and  others  who  can  afffford  swank 
estates  along  its  shores.  And  surf  boarding  is  one  of  a  dozen  sports  en- 
joyed. An  expensive  restaurant  and  sport  shop  repose  at  the  end  of  The 
Malibu     pier    .    .     .    once    the    landing     spot    for    a    variety    of    smugglers. 


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FRANK   STIFFLER 


cently  as  1930  it  was  suspected  that  Chinese  and  other  aliens 
were  being  smuggled  ashore  on  The  Malibu. 

Mountain  settlers  in  the  canyons  around  the  fringe  of  The 
Malibu  still  dig  for  buried  treasure.  Diggers  with  "authentic" 
maps  periodically  show  up  in  search  of  the  loot  of  three 
Mexican  bandits.  They  had  robbed  a  church  in  Mexico  and 
were  supposed  to  have  buried  their  treasure  after  a  feud  re- 
sulting in  a  gun  battle  among  themselves. 

Even  Tiburcio  Tapia.  son  of  the  original  owner  of  The 
Malibu  and  one-time  alcalde  or  mayor  of  Los  Angeles,  was 
said  to  have  buried  two  chests  of  silver  and  gold  before  he 
died.  And  then  there  are  the  stories  of  a  bandit  who  used 
to  take  an  ox  cart  laden  with  treasure  boxes  up  the  coast  and 
cache  them  in  the  canyons;  and  of  California's  famed  Robin 
Hood.  Joaquin  Murrieta.  who  is  supposed  to  have  buried  chests 
in  Topanga  Canyon.  Within  ten  years  ten  men  were  murdered 
in  an  abandoned  mine  in  Temescal  Canyon,  and  40  vears 
ago  the  Santa  Monica  Outlook  reported  that  at  least  one  of 
them  involved  an  incident  over  an  old  treasure  chest.  Sam 
Carson,  who  boasted  dubiously  of  being  the  illegitimate  son 
of  Kit  Carson,  is  thought  by  many  Santa  Monica  Mountain 
dwellers  to  have  died  carrying  with  him  the  secrets  to  much 
of  the  buried  and  hidden  loot. 

Until  recently  it  had  been  said  that  the  first  industry  of 
the  Santa  Monica  Mountains  .  .  including  The  Malibu  .  . 
was  cattle  raising  .  .  and  second  was  cattle  stealing.  Most 
famous  tale  concerning  the  latter  enterprise  involves  one 
Lechuza.  "The  Night  Owl."  Lechuza  was  a  woman  bandit  and 
cattle  rustler  who  lived  with  her  gang  in  the  mountains  back 
of  The  Malibu.  A  tumble-down  shack,  said  to  be  hers,  may 
be  seen  today  by  the  curious.  Her  habit  was  to  drive  cattle 
from  the  San  Fernando  and  Santa  Clara  Valleys  into  the  isola- 
tion of  her  craggy  Malibu  mountain  retreat.  Finally,  pur- 
sued by  a  sheriff's  posse,  she  ran  her  horses  into  the  ocean 
off  the  end  of  Point  Dume.  deceiving  the  law  into  believing 
she  had  reached  a  sad  end.  Lechuza,  however,  escaped  over 
Triunfo  Pass  to  be  heard  of  again  in  the  Imperial  Valley. 

When  Cabrillo  put  ashore  on  The  Malibu  405  years  ago 
there  were  only  peaceable  Chumash  and  Digger  Indians.    The 


B  Virgin  shores  like  these  still  re- 
main along  the  22-mile  Rancho 
Malibu  coastline  .  .  the  last  fron- 
tier .  .  although  the  subdividers' 
stakes  pressage  the  final  breakup 
of  the  last  of  the  old  Spanish  land 
grants  into  smaller  estates.  Point 
Dume,  from  where  this  picture  was 
taken,  holds  the  secret  to  many 
tales  of  cattle  rustlers,  smugglers 
and    early-day   phantom    ships. 


Still  unfamiliar  with  the  private  H 
seclusions  of  The  Malibu  are  near- 
by Angelenos.  Consequently,  its 
streams  remain  a  fishin'  and  swim- 
min'  paradise  to  the  few  adven- 
turesome kids  who  explore  the 
sylvan       canyons      and       mountains. 


word  Malibu  itself  is  a  corruption  of  Maliwu,  the  name  of  a 
Chumash  village  that  stood  to  the  east  of  the  Malibu  Creek 
mouth.  Cabrillo  had  stopped  there  to  fill  his  water  casks 
from  the  Arroyo  Malibu  but.  like  many  a  visitor  of  today, 
tarried  nearly  a  month.  This  summer  a  two-million  dollar 
yacht  harbor  to  house  the  Malibu  Quarterdeck  Club  is  being 
dredged  out  of  the  creek's  delta  where  he  landed.  On  a 
promontory  in  the  creek's  canyon  a  mile  inland  stands  the 
fabulous  Rindge  Castle,  now  the  Serra  Retreat  for  the  use 
of  Catholic  laymen.  The  Queen  of  the  Malibu  never  quite 
completed  it  and  never  lived  in  it.    On  the  sand  spit  by  the 

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Living  On  The  Malibu... 


Home  on  weekends  from  Marymount  School  where  she  boards,  fourteen- 
year-old  Jane  Garland  spends  her  time  with  her  palomino  and  colt.  Pretty 
canyons  and  rugged  hills  offer  good  riding.  Best  of  the  lookouts  to  the  sea 
is    Horse    Heaven    where    the    freely    ranging    Rrndge    horses    used    to    gather. 


Poachers  have  an  easier  lime  of  it  than  they  did  in  the  old  days  of  the  tough 
Rindge  fence  riders.  These  ex-G.I.'s  from  Santa  Monica  have  built  a  lean-to 
of  palm  fronds  on  the  private  beach  and  are  expert  surf  riders.  They 
practically    live    here    .    .   between    the    Adam  son    estate    and   The   Malibu    pier. 


June  Havoc,  on  a  day  off  from  shooting  MGM's  "Intrigue,"  drops  in  on 
Dorothy  Morris  .  .  gossip  columnist  on  the  weekly  Malibu  Star  .  .  at  her 
ocean  front  home  in  The  Malibu  movie  colony.  Finds  her  well-clothed  sister, 
Gypsy    Rose    Lee,    and    her    son,    already    visiting    in    the    beachy    tea    house. 


Ion  McCallister  of  Twentieth  Century-Fox  is  doing  what  a  lot  of  people  are 
doing  these  days  .  .  his  own  decorating  and  repairs  .  .  in  the  little  Malibu 
cottage  he  calls  his  own.  Fish  nets  hung  on  the  walls  and  a  new  coat  of 
paint    help    to    make    ready    for    the    summer    season    of    colony    entertaining. 


Ocean  swimming  and  sunning  remain  the  most  popular  of  The  Malibu 's 
pastimes.  Here's  a  group  near  Point  Dume  .  .  see  picture  at  top  of  oppo- 
site page  .  .  which  forms  the  northern  arm  of  vast  Santa  Monica  Bay.  Sea 
lions    congregate    here    twice    a    year    to    bear   their    young    and    school    them. 


Living  is  casual  but  smart  along  The  Malibu  .  .  the  California  way  of  life  .  . 
meet  two  attractive  young  women  appropriately  dressed  for  the  beach 
.  .  having  lunch  in  a  restaurant  on  The  Malibu  pier.  Outside,  a  young 
fisherman   patiently  waits  for  nibbles  .  .   can   enjoy  the  scenery  on   every  side. 


Snow-sculptured  suit,  left  above,  in  elasticized 

sharkskin  .  .  .  wonderful  accent  to  sun  tan;  Mabs 
of  California.    $11.95  at  Franklin  Simon,  New  York. 
Collapsible  sunshade  of  Bates  fabric. 


on  the  beach 


You  take  your  sun  brightly,  left  below,  in 
Tahitian  boxer  shorts,  matching  bra,  coat   (not 

shown) ;   Gantner  of  California,  the  set 
about  $20  at  Livingston  Bros.,  San  Francisco; 
Frank  Bros.,  San  Antonio. 

Wanda  Walco's  boy-shorts,  right,  with  adjustable 
bra  in  denims,  about  $5  at  F.  &  R.  Lazarus, 

Columbus;  The  Bon  Marche, 
Seattle;  Desmond's,  Los  Angeles.    And  it's  a  dust  cap 
with  fashion  aspirations  by  Marea: 

Callico  cotton  with  lace  ruffles! 


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pull  for  the  shore 


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,'f  you're  going  to  sea  or  mountains 
for  summer's  vacation,  here  are  some 
)laytime  go-togethers  .  .  .  they  make 
fun   of   leisure   hours   at   home,   too! 


You'll  look  nautical  but  nice  in  Graff's  tailored  striped  blouse, 
above  right,  of  Everfast  Mistysheer,  with  sleek-as-a-whistle 
gabardine  shorts,  about  $8  at  Hale  Bros.,  San  Francisco ; 
Loeser's,  Brooklyn.  Above,  left,  Paramount  Hollywood  Fash- 
ion's striped  shorts  in  J.  P.  Stevens  cotton   twill,  about  $3. 


Left,  Sun  Rose  slack  suit  (matching  skirt  not  shown)  for  real 
sailors,  landlubbers,  too  ...  in  Reltex  Airbrigade,  about  $15 
at  May  Co..  Los  Angeles;  Stern  Bros.,  New  York;  Sibley 
Lindsay  &  Curr,   Rochester. 


Wondrous  cover-up  for  a  dozen  summer  uses,  capacious  pockets 
a  favorite  carry-all:  it's  W.  R.  Darling  washable  box  jacket  in 
Pacific     Mills     Duretta     cloth,     opposite     page,     about     $10. 


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The  beautiful 
Stella  Maris  II, 
pictured  here, 
and  her  skipper, 
Dr.  A.  A.  Steele, 
will  be  winging 
again  from  San 
Pedro  Light  on 
the  big  race. 
The  Stella  was 
constructed  back 
of    Doc's    office. 


W.   C.   SAWYER 


Sails  set  for  Hawaii 


more  than  thirty  yachtsmen 
with  a  big  pocketbook  and  an 

all-consuming  love  of  the  sea 
are  sailing  with  the  wind  in  the 
renewal  of  the  famous  race  to  hawaii 


W.  L.  Stewart,  Jr.,  affectionately  known  as 
Bill,  skippers  the  Chubasco,  and  is  commo- 
dore oj  the  exclusive  Transpacific  Yacht  Club. 


Fourth  of  July  flags  are  aflutter  from  every  building  in  the  vicinity  of 
Los  Angeles  Harbor.  The  wharves  are  swarming  with  friends  and  well- 
wishers,  and  out  on  the  gray-green  waters  around  San  Pedro  Light  are 
poised  the  sleek  sailing  yachts  that  will  make  the  2,225-mile  dash  for  Diamond 
Head  off  the  Island  of  Oahu. 

Such  was  the  picture  this  July  4  for  the  start  of  the  first  of  the  famous 
Honolulu  Races  to  be  held  since  war's  end.  It  is  the  14th  contest  since  the  in- 
augural in  1906,  and  every  Corinthian  with  salt  in  his  blood  either  has  par- 
ticipated or  has  dreams  of  someday  doing  so. 

Spectators  gathered  to  watch  the  start  strain  their  eyes  to  catch  sight  of 
their  favorite  boats.  They  enthusiastically  point  out  the  Dragoon,  the  Medley 
and  the  Lady  Jo;  the  Emerald,  the  Magic  Carpet  and  the  Ecstasy,  and  after  the 
sounding  of  the  preparatory  gun,  the  onlookers  watch  for  the  blue  signal 
pennant  to  give  place  to  the  red,  indicating  that  the  starting  gun  has  been  fired 
and  the  big  race  is  on. 

For  the  men  who  wait  expectantly  on  the  decks,  this  hour  is  the  fulfillment  of 
weeks  of  planning  and  anticipation.  The  boats,  depending  upon  their  size, 
carry  a  complement  of  from  four  to  twelve  .  .  selected  from  scores  of  applica- 
tions filed  months  before.  Most  skippers  will  agree  that  congeniality  plays  a 
vital  part  in  the  appointment  of  crew  as  it  is  of  utmost  importance  that  there 
is  no  jarring  note  in  the  camaraderie.  Between  turns  at  the  tiller,  compass  and 
halyards,  the  men  read,  sleep,  play  cards  and  swap  yarns,  and  the  enforced  in- 
timacy of  the  daily  routine  easily  can  make  or  break  friendships. 

But  the  traditional  welcoming  phrase,  "Glad  to  have  you  aboard!"  is  most 
heartfelt  when  addressed  to  a  crewman  who  can  cook.  There's  no  appetite  more 
prodigious  than  that  induced  by  salt  air,  and  contrary  to  the  general  assumption, 
the  crew  does  not  exist  on  a  diet  of  canned  beans  and  sardines.  For  the  first 
few  days  there  are  plenty  of  fresh  fruits,  vegetables  and  milk.  Later,  there  is  a 
store  of  frozen  items.  And  one  enterprising  frozen  food  company  recently  has 
marketed  complete  frozen  meals  for  such  jaunts.  Attractively  arranged  upon 
plates  and  needing  only  to  be  thawed  and  warmed,  they  consist  of  meat,  vege- 
tables and  garnishes.  But  in  spite  of  these  conveniences,  skippers  regard  the  man 
who  presides  over  the  stove  as  equal  in  importance  to  the  man  at  the  sextant, 
and  zealously  hunt  out  good  cooks  for  the  cruise. 

Many  a  Corinthian's  wife  has  shrugged  unsympathetically  about  this  problem, 
maintaining  that  if  women  were  allowed  aboard,  the  crew  would  be  royally  fed. 
They  point  to  the  gastronomic  well-being  of  the  crew  of  the  White  Cloud,  whose 
collective  stomachs  will  be  treated  to  the  superb  cookery  of  Mrs.  Frank  Kent, 
wife  of  the  skipper.  But,  according  to  Mrs.  Kent,  all  is  not  always  duck  soup 
on  the  briny: 

"One  day  the  stove  turned  over  and  the  ham  came  bouncing  around  the  corner 
headed  for  New  York,  slithered  down  the  main  salon  followed  by  all  its  glorious 
gravy  and  nice  little  potatoes  and  a  flood  of  coffee  .  .  ." 

This  year  marks  the  third  time  the  lady  Kent  has  sailed  in  the  Honolulu  Race, 
and  if  the  White  Cloud  does  not  capture  the  cup,  the  crew  can  console  themselves 
with  the  memory  of  incomparable  hot  biscuits. 

There  is  no  official  ruling  against  the  feminine  contingent,  but  they  seldom  are 
included  in  the  crew.  In  the  '47  race,  however,  the  Teton  carries  two  teen-age 
girls,  daughters  of  Dr.  Paul  D.  Van  Degrift,  the  skipper.  Both  girls  are  expert 
sailors.    Mary  Jean,  19,  has  signed  on  as  cook,  and  Joanne,  16,  will  function  as 

(Continued  on  page  61) 


by  Virginia  teale 


Dr.  Tweedy  .  .  oops  .  .  Frank  Morgan  .  . 
ivill  sail  his  Dolphin  II.  One  of  Morgan's 
jaunts    took   him    and    his   family   to   Alaska. 


Movie  star  George  Brent  will  try  for  the  cup 
with  the  South  Wind.  Below  you  see  Hum- 
phrey   Bogart    with    wife    on    the    Santana. 


fairway  fashion 


EARL  SCOTT 


Specially  designed  for  the  active  sportswoman,  this  Graff  of  California 
Golfer  is  practical  for  suburban  or  home  wear,  too !  Wonderful  spread- 
eagle  sleeves  that  allow  complete  freedom  for  arms  in  motion  .  .  .  belt 
with  real  tee-trim  .  .  .  sturdy  dot  fasteners  in  concealed  fly  front.  In  wash- 
able Michael  Ross  fabrics,  seersucker  or  fine  combed  cottons,  sizes  10-20, 
about  $13  at  Weill's,  Bakersfield;  Dorothy's  Sport  Shop,  Alameda; 
Gold  &  Co.,  Lincoln. 


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a  strike  for  style 


Fashion-right  for  bowling  with  its  skirt  that  unbuttons  to  make  a  culotte  .  .  .  city- 
smart  at  all  times  .  .  .  Royal  of  California  makes  this  bowling  dress  in  Duplex 
Whippet    gabardine,     sizes     10-20.     under    S20    at    The    Broadway.    Los    Angeles. 


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accessories  that  look 
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WE  BELIEVE  IN  accessories  that 
help  you  bridge  the  seasons  .  .  . 
wonderful  ingrained  pigskin  with 
its  carry-over  flavor  for  fall  .  .  . 
smoky  suede,  dramatic  now  with 
summer  lights,  perfect  later.  Hints 
of  things  to  come:  left  to  right 
Parker's  little  pig  shorties.  •  A 
touch  of  luxury  in  a  pigskin  wallet 
lined  in  white  calf,  by  Sandley. 

•  Vic  Colton's  "Impromptu" 
wedgie  slip-on,  the  color  of  pig- 
skin. •  Ben  Brody  makes  the 
matching  pigskin  handbag  and 
contour  belt,  saddle  stitched  and 
so  impressive.  •  Sandley  sports- 
man's seat-stick  has  real  aplomb. 

•  Ailuj  slip-on  glove,  6-button 
length,  of  soot-black  suede.  •  Phil 
Sockett's  soft  wide  belt  with  self- 
covered    buckle    is     suede,     too. 

•  Wittman's  meticulously  styled 
handbag  and  Illing's  "Serenade" 
latticed  sling  pump  are  wonderful 
black  suede  go-togethers  for  now, 
and  to  take  you  into  early  fall. 


FRANK   STIFFLER 


Olimply    rGrtGCt:      Only  gingham  gives  this  fresh  new  look,  only  Marjorie  Montgomery  would 
use  it  so  perfectly  ...  in  a  dress  that  is  country-casual.    Sizes  10-16,  about  $15  at  B.  Altman,  New 


\ork;  Bamberger's,  Newark. 


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iGrtGCtly  OIITipl©:  Connie  Foster  takes  cool  corded  menswear  stripe  to  fashion  a  summer 
gadabout  suit  with  the  sophisticated  perfection  of  long  straight  lines.  Twin  rows  of  pearl  buttons 
put  accent  on  the  new  length  of  jacket.    Sizes   10-20,  about  $30  at  The  Bon   Marche,  Seattle. 


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■"•as 


ollywoodl 


"THERE  ARE  more  things  in  heaven 
and  earth,  Horatio,  than  are  dreamt  of 
in  our  philosophy  .  .  ." 

"That's  fine,  Dad.  I  can  hear  you 
plain  as  anything." 

A  boy  and  his  father,  standing  on 
opposite  slopes  of  a  vast,  natural  dell 
in  the  Hollywood  hills,  were  delighted 
and  awed  to  find  that  this  interchange 
of  words,  spoken  in  ordinary  conver- 
sational tones,  was  clearly  audible 
across  thousands  of  feet  of  sage-covered 
ground.  And  thus  .  .  in  the  year  1922 
.  .  were  the  remarkable  accoustic  quali- 
ties of  Hollywood  Bowl  discovered  by 
a  pair  of  Sunday  strollers. 

This  month,  as  they  have  done  for 
many  years,  music  lovers  will  converge 
upon  the  internationally  famous  site 
from  all  parts  of  the  United  States  to 
witness  the  26th  season  of  "Symphonies 
Under  the  Stars."  And  once  again  thou- 
sands of  spectators  will  experience  the 
feeling  of  wonder  and  humility  inspired 
by  the  heroic  beauty  of  the  Bowl,  and 
by  the  strains  of  the  world's  great  mu- 
sic as  it  rises  upward  to  the  sky.  The 
eight-week  series  of  presentations  ap- 
peals to  fanciers  of  classic  and  popular 


OTTO  ROTHSCHILD 


for  bach,  boogie  woogie  and 
ballet  six  million  music 
loving  americans  have  trod 
pepper  tree  lane  to  nature's 
most  famed  amphitheatre 


A  monument  to  music  is  the  cornerstone 


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Bowl 


music,  to  devotees  of  the  dance.  On 
the  current  schedule  are  such  contrast- 
ing performers  as  Artur  Rubinstein 
and  Larry  Adler;  Paul  Draper  and 
Alexandra  Danilova. 

After  the  discovery  of  the  natural 
bowl,  theatrical  groups  and  early  movie 
makers  were  quick  to  visualize  its  pos- 
sibilities .  .  and  within  a  short  time 
a  crude  amphitheatre  was  constructed. 
The  performers  held  forth  on  a  canvas- 
sheltered  wooden  platform  and  the  au- 
dience attended  on  rickety  plank 
benches.  But  as  more  and  more  peo- 
ple were  drawn  to  these  outdoor  pro- 
ductions, there  began  a  movement  to 
construct  a  spacious  and  enduring  thea- 
ter. The  Hollywood  Bowl  Association, 
a  non-profit  civic  organization,  was 
formed  and  its  members  set  machinery 
in  motion  which  even- 
tually produced  the 
Bowl  as  it  is  today: 
Lining  the  great  hol- 
low are  tier  upon  tier 
of  steel  and  concrete 
benches  with  a  seating 
capacity  of  20,000. 
(Continued  on  page  59) 


Nadine    Conner 


PROGRAM 

TUESDAY  JULY  8 

Music  of  Wagner  conducted   by 
Bruno     Walter.     Helen     Traubel 
soprano   soloist. 
THURSDAY  JULY   10 

Symphonic    music   conducted   by 
Bruno  Walter 
SUNDAY  JULY   13 

Concert  of  lighter  classics  con- 
ducted by  Bruno  Walter.  Solo- 
ists: Winners  of  1947  KFl-Hol- 
lywood  Bowl  Young  Artist  series. 
TUESDAY  JULY   15 

Symphonic   music  conducted   by 
Antal  Dorati.  Mischa  Elman  vio- 
lin  soloist. 
THURSDAY  JULY  17 

Symphonic   music  conducted  by 
Antal  Dorati. 
SATURDAY  JULY  19 

Viennese  music  conducted  by 
Robert  Stolr.  Virginia  McWaters 
coloratura  soprano  soloist.  John 
Carter  Metropolitan  tenor  solo- 
ist. 
SUNDAY  JULY  20 

Symphonic  music  conducted   by 
Antal  Dorati.  Arnold  Eidue  vio- 
lin soloist. 
TUESDAY  JULY  22 

Symphonic  music  conducted  by 
Vladimir  Golschmann. 
THURSd'aY  JULY  24 

Symphonic  music  conducted  by, 
Vladimir  Golschmann. 
SATURDAY  JULY  26 

Paul   Draper  dancer,  and  Larry 
Adler      harmonicist.      Orchestra 
conducted  by  Victor  Young. 
SUNDAY  JULY  27 

Symphonic  music  conducted   by 
Vladimir  Golschmann. 
Florence    Quarteraro   Metropoli- 
tan   soprano   soloist. 
JULY  29,  31  -AUGUST  1 

Ballet  Russe  de  Monte  Carlo. 
SATURDAY  AUGUST  2 

Symphonic  music  conducted   b) 
Sigmund     Romberg.    Soloists    tc 
be   announced. 
SUNDAY  AUGUST  3 

Sylvia    Zaremba    piano    soloist 
James  Sample  conductor 
TUESDAY  AUGUST  5 

Symphonic     music     Jose     Iturb 
conductor  and  piano  soloist. 
AUGUST  7-8-9 

Ballet  Russe  de  Monte  Carlo. 
SUNDAY  AUGUST  10 

Symphonic   music  conducted   b 

Izler    Solomon.    Stephan     Hen 

violin  soloist. 

*  THURSDAY  AUGUST  14 

Artur    Rubinstein    piano    soloist 
Izler  Solomon  conductor. 
SATURDAY  AUGUST  16 

Symphonic  music  conducted  b 
Izler    Solomon.     Latin-America 
music      conducted      by     Xavie 
Cugat. 
SUNDAY  AUGUST  17 

Symphonic   music  conducted  b 
Jose  Iturbi.  Amparo  Iturbi  plan 
soloist. 
TUESDAY  AUGUST  19 

Zino    Francescatti   violin   solois 
William   Steinberg   conductor. 
THURSDAY  AUGUST  21 

Nadine     Conner,     Metropolita 
soprano   soloist.   William   Steir 
berg    conductor. 
SATURDAY  AUGUST  23 

Symphonic  music  conducted  b 
William  Steinberg. 
AUGUST  24  and  26 

Symphonic  music  conducted  b 
Eugene  Ormandy. 
THURSDAY  AUGUST  28 

Mario      Lanza,      tenor      soloi: 
Frances  Yeend,  soprano  solois 
Eugene  Ormandy,  conductor. 
SATURDAY  AUGUST  30 

Symphonic  music  conducted   t 
Eugene    Ormandy. 


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'|  The   cocktail  suit,  left:  Nathalie  Nicoli's 
afternoon-till-evening  costume  in  Hafner 

bengaline:  welt  seam  curves  to  form  pocket. 
|  Opposite  page,   left,  Monroe  Lloyd 
puts  personality  in  shirt-collar  dress  of  St. 
George  wool  ...   a  perfect  knock-about. 
|  Opposite  page,  right,  overblouse  with 
saddle  stitching  tops  a  matching  jersey  skirt,  blouse 
of  Duplex  San  Chu  .  .  .  Joy  Kingston's 
good  news  for  fall. 


All  merchandise  shown  on  these  pages  will 

be   available   at   your   favorite    store    after 

August  1 


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You're  asking  for  compliments  when  you  wear 


Marjorie  Montgomery's  gay  little  dress,  opposite  page,  left 


with  a  bright  combination  of  plain-and-fancy. 


Opposite  page,  right,  Louella  Ballerino  puts  Bates 


1  cotton  calico  atop  a  full  skirt  of  Concordia-Gallia-    gabardine 


for  a  fresh  new  look  you'll  love. 


Right,  Joseph  Zukin  of  California  uses  a  fanfare  of 


fine  panel  pleats  . .  .  it's  a  classic  with  fine  dressmaker 


details,  in  Duplex  Town  crepe. 


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color  .   .  for  rest  or  ramble  your 
wardrobe  should  be  versatile 


his  month  of  the  Glorious  Fourth  is  the  time  you  will  most  appre- 
ciate being  in  California  .  .  the  time  of  year  you  will  most  enjoy  its 
breeze-cooled  beaches,  pine-shaded  mountains  and  crisp,  starlit  nights. 
\ou  who  are  planning  a  trek  west  in  July  will  do  well  to  travel  light. 
Leave  your  pyrotechnics  at  home  .  .  for  in  California  you  will  find: 

Firecracker  red  in  the  hibiscus  blossoms  glowing  against  adobe  walls 
.  .  and  you.  in  a  deep  chair  on  the  veranda,  cool  in  a  sun  dress  of  soft 
linen. 

Skyrocket  blues  and  greens  in  the  rolling  waters  of  the  Pacific  .  . 
and  you.  under  the  shade  of  your  beach  umbrella,  relaxed  in  the  cotton 
comfort  of  your  shorts  and  bra. 

Pinwheel  pastels  in  lamps  around  a  dance  floor  .  .  and  you.  gliding 
to  music,  gowned  in  a  street-length  dinner  dress  of  black  sheer  or  glow- 
ing print. 

Sparkler  iridescence  of  the  lights  around  the  podium  at  Hollywood 
Bowl  .  .  and  you.  listening  to  violins,  just  warm  enough  in  your  light 
suit  and  bright  topper. 

And    for    vour    incidental    itinerary,    bring    along    pedal    pushers    and 

cotton   T-shirts  for  bicycling  and   walking;   a   couple   of   gay   scarves  to 

hold    down    your   hair   when    you    drive    the    broad    coast   highways:    at 

least   two   swim   suits,    one   for   try   and   one  for   dry.    Then  a 

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data  for  juiy       Angeles  Fmncisco      spectator  sports  dress  for  the  turf  club  and  shoes  .  .  a  pair  of 

average  maximum       76.1  61.5        ]iee]Jess      tOeleSS    and    sideleSS    Sandals,    a    pair    Of    dark    for    after- 

average  minimum         57.2  53.1  * 


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noon  and  evening,  and  a  pair  each  of  spectator  and  low-heeled 
comfortable  walking  shoes.  Accessories?  All  you  can  tuck  in 
.  .  and  a  couple  of  light  sweaters  for  wear  with  slacks  or  pedal 

•pushers  .  .  on  early  morning  jaunts  or  moonlight  beach  picnics. 
Rest  or" ramble  as  you  choose  .  .  both  can  be  pleasant  in  July  .  .  in 

California! 


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Here   is   your   perfect  suit  dress  for  travel,   town  or  visitin'  ...  so  lightweight  you'll  wear  it  now 

for  comfort,  so  fashion-right  it  will  be  your  choice  far  into  fall:  by  Petite  Casuals,  in  fine 

rayon  crepe,  the  ever-flattering  bolero.  Sizes  10-20,  about  $25  at  May  Co..  Los  Angeles;  Halle  Bros..  Cleveland. 


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outside    shape  are  more  pleasing 


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the      silhouette 


It  isn't  always  possible  to  put  your  finger  on  what  makes 
the  perfect  ensemble,  but  when  we  begin  to  analyze  the 
perfect  costume  we  find  that  it  is  well-balanced,  rhyth- 
mical, and  above  all,  harmonious. 

Everyone  uses  the  word  "harmony,"  but  I  want  to  define 
it  in  relationship  to  clothes.  In  thinking  about  clothes,  there 
are  three  basic  harmonies  to  consider:  First,  the  design  of 
the  garment  should  be  in  harmony  with  the  structural  shape 
of  the  body  and  its  movements.  Wherever  possible,  the 
garment  should  be  in  harmony  with  the  structural  shape 
natural  shapes  of  the  body  should  be  stressed  and  en- 
hanced. Second,  the  outfit  should  be  suited  to  the  function 
for  which  it  is  worn.  A  girl  who  works  in  an  office  or  factory 
requires  a  very  different  costume  than  the  clubwoman.  Har- 
mony between  her  work  and  her  clothes  must  be  main- 
tained. And  finally,  we  must  consider  creating  a  harmonious 
relationship  between  our  clothes  and  our  accessories. 

Sometimes  to  illustrate  a  point  it  is  best  to  think  of  its 
opposite.  Discord  is  inharmonious.  Two  people  who  have 
little  in  common  in  education  and  interests  rarely  get  along 
well  together.  Elements  in  design  which  have  little  in  com- 
mon also  can  create  a  jarring  note.  When  you  set  your  table 
you  arrange  the  settings  and  decorations  quite  differently 
on  a  round  table  than  you  would  on  either  a  square  or  oval 
table.  When  an  artist  paints  a  portrait  he  arranges  it  in  re- 
lationship to  the  shape  of  the  canvas.  To  illustrate  this  point 
I  have  taken  my  own  initials,  F.  S.  and  designed  a  simple 
monogram  for  a  rectangle  and  an  oval.  The  initials  in  the 
first  two  monograms  were  designed  to  compliment  the  out- 
side shape.  They  are  more  pleasing  than  the  second  two 


where  the  outside  shape  was  disregarded.  This  same  prin- 
ciple of  relating  the  detail  to  the  whole  picture  should  be 
used  in  every  costume.  All  trimmings,  jewelry  and  other  ac- 
cessories should  be  related  in  this  manner  to  each  other  and 
to  the  costume. 

Look  at  the  first  two  dresses.  The  silhouette  is  the  same, 
but  in  the  first  example  the  angles  of  the  belt  and  the  drap- 
ing and  the  shape  of  the  neckline  are  all  in  harmony  with 
the  silhouette.  The  second  example  clearly  shows  that  it  is 
possible  to  destroy  the  pleasing  effect  of  the  silhouette  by 
cutting  it  up  with  totally  unrelated  ideas.  Harmonious 
shapes  are  especially  pleasing  when  repeated  in  accesso- 
ries. You  will  note  that  the  next  two  dresses  are  identical. 
Only  the  accessories  have  been  changed.  The  first  is  more 
pleasing  than  the  second  because  a  harmony  has  been 
maintained  by  repeating  similar  shapes  in  the  hat,  bag  and 
gloves.  Accessories  that  have  little  in  common  with  the 
dress  or  with  each  other  lack  harmony. 

Try  on  one  of  your  dresses  without  accessories.  Check  to 
see  if  the  lines  are  in  harmony  with  its  silhouette.  Now  try 
on  a  hct  you  wear  with  it.  Is  the  shape  and  color  in  har- 
mony? If  you  are  doubtful,  make  a  rough  sketch  of  the 
outfit.  Make  several  tracings,  changing  the  lines  and  shapes 
in  the  outfit  and  accessories  until  you  find  a  harmonious 
answer.  You  know  what  you  are  looking  for  and  that  is 
more  than  half  the  battle.  You  will  avoid  the  confusion  of 
considering  everything  the  same  color  a  possibility. 

Remember!  The  outside  shape  of  a  silhouette  in  a  dress 
should  control  the  lines  used  within  the  dress. 

Remember!  Accessories  should  harmonize  in  shape  and 
detail  with  the  costume. 


Repeating  similar  shapes  in 
your  accessories  compliments 
the  dress  and  mokes  for  har- 
mony 


Sketch  an  outfit  from  your  own 
wardrobe  .  .  front  and  side. 
Check  for  harmony  of  line  .  . 
shape  and   function 


A  SHORT  STORY  BY  GENE  LEVITT  AND   ROBERT  MITCHELL 


visit  to  iames 


x\  FAT  woman  was  sitting  in  the  far  corner  picking 
her  teeth  and  reading  a  foreign  language  newspaper. 
Opposite  her,  an  unshaven  man  was  asleep.  Catherine 
shifted  her  gaze  to  the  book  in  her  lap.  The  night  was 
damp  and  she  felt  uncomfortable  in  the  drafty  street- 
car. It  would  have  been  more  sensible  to  have  worn  a 
full-length  coat.  But  James  always  said  she  looked  smart 
in  a  fur  jacket. 

A  small  man  walked  the  length  of  the  car,  then  tried 
to  open  the  end  door.  It  stuck  and  he  was  not  very  strong. 
He  managed  to  budge  it  several  inches  and  then  could 
neither  open  nor  close  it. 

The  chilling  evening  air  swept  about  her  feet  and  bil- 
lowed her  skirt.  Catherine  tucked  the  folds  of  her  dress 
beneath  her  and  glared  angrily  at  the  small  man.  Em- 
barrassed, he  avoided  her  gaze  and  sat  down. 

How  inconsiderate,  Catherine  thought.  How  selfish. 
How  like  James.  The  thought  association  startled  her 
for  a  moment.  But,  she  reflected,  the  comparison  was 
valid.  At  that,  she  forgot  about  the  cold  wind  and  the 
small  man  and  thought  only  of  James.  She  closed  the 
book  in  her  lap,  set  it  beneath  her  purse,  and  stared 
straight  ahead  through  the  opposite  window  at  the  lighted 
store  windows  on  Seventh  street  and  beyond. 

Catherine  was  forty.  Her  skin  was  like  alabaster  and 
her  hair  a  lustrous  black.  James  said  her  beauty  would 
grow  with  the  years.  A  small,  lightly  rouged  mouth  ac- 
counted for  her  mien  of  serenity.  The  narrow  lips  almost 
formed  a  natural  smile,  but  yielded  more  to  an  expres- 
sion of  patience. 

Catherine  had  not  seen  James  in  five  years.  Not  since 
the  night  they  had  parted  at  Albert's  place.  The  edges 
of  her  mouth  turned  up  momentarily  as  she  recalled 
Albert's.  It  was  a  French  restaurant  on  La  Brea.  half  a 
block  south  of  Sunset.  It  was  middle  class.  Posters  of 
French  spas  and  railroad  and  steamship  advertisements 
covered  the  whitewashed  brick  wall.  The  onion  soup 
was  good  and  Albert  was  a  fine  man.  James  said  he  had 
character. 

Catherine  and  James  dined  there  often.  They  liked 
the  atmosphere  and  needed  the  privacy  Their  story  was 
old.  even  trite,  she  mused.  James  was  married  to  a  selfish, 
doting  woman.  His  wife  would  never  give  him  his  free- 
dom. There  were  children.  And  James  loved  Catherine 
and  Catherine  him. 

Suddenly.  Catherine  realized  that  il  was  her  stop.  She 
got  up  and  exited  hastily:  the  small  man  laughed  at  her 
confusion.  Outside,  it  was  warmer  than  she  had  antici- 
pated. She  hesitated  a  moment  to  get  her  bearings,  then 
crossed  Seventh  and  walked  north  on  Flower.  It  was 
only  a  matter  of  blocks  and  minutes  now.  Just  blocks 
and  minutes  until  she  would  see  James. 

She  had  refused  to  believe  her  ears  that  night  at  Al- 
bert's. It  was  a  crude  joke  he  was  playing.  He  was 
teasing.  Oh,  if  he  would  only  stop  talking.  Relax  and 
laugh.  James.  Please,  God,  make  him  stop.  I  know 
he's   fooling. 

Catherine's  gaze  was  fixed,  her  steps  deliberate  as  the 
words  he  used  five  years  ago  came  rushing  back  at  her. 

"Cathy,  darling,  I'll  be  abrupt,"  He  paused.  "We  must 
stop.  Stop  at  once.  Helen  will  never  give  me  my  freedom 
and    that's    final." 

She  searched  his  face,  anticipating  a  smile,  a  break 
in  his  countenance,  some  inkling  of  laughter  in  his  eyes. 
His  expression  remained  fixed. 


"We  can't  live  like  hunted  animals.  I  love  you,  Cathy. 
I'll  always  love  you  and  that's  why  I  can't  drag  you 
down.    I  won't  drag  you  down   .  .   ." 

She  heard  no  more.  His  few  phrases  were  rushing 
through  her  head.  They  were  to  remain  to  haunt  her, 
to  make  her  miserable.  It  had  been  a  coarse  shock,  a 
slamming  of  brakes.  An  abrupt  halt  to  everything  that 
meant  anything. 

Catherine  was  unconscious  of  traffic  lights  and  people 
and  automobiles.  At  the  corners,  she  stopped  and  started 
mechanically.  She  was  so  close  to  James  now.    So  close. 

James  had  been  wrong.  She  would  tell  him  that.  Tell 
him  that  five  years  had  been  spent  stupidly.  Each  day 
apart  had  been  a  day  of  hell.  Tell  him  that  any  mani- 
festation of  Helen's  hate  and  meanness  would  have  been 
bearable  compared  to  this  absolute  isolation  .  .  .  this 
foolish  display  of  will   power. 

Catherine  had  never  questioned  James,  never  doubted 
the  wisdom  of  his  decisions.  But  he  had  made  a  mistake 
that  night.  In  a  few  minutes  she  would  be  able  to  tell 
him   that. 

She  stopped  in  front  of  the  brown  building,  dabbed 
the  tears  from  the  corner  of  her  eyes,  and  slowly  mounted 
the  steps.  A  tall  man  opened  the  door  as  she  reached  for 
the  handle. 

"Good  evening,"  he  said. 

She  nodded  in  reply  and  he  looked  at  her  question- 
ingly. 

"Mr.  Allen,  please.    Mr.  James  Allen." 

"This  way,  please." 

Catherine  followed  him  down  a  long,  elegantly  fur- 
nished corridor  into  a  large,  dimly  lighted  room.  James 
was  in  the  center  of  the  room.  His  angular  features 
were  still  prominent  but  the  face  was  fuller,  the  hair 
more  gray  throughout.  Otherwise,  he  was  the  same  man 
who  had  escorted  her  to  Albert's  countless  times. 

"James,  it's  Cathy." 

He  did  not  reply. 

"I  know,  I  promised  never  to  return,  didn't  I?" 

She  paused  a  moment,  then  continued.  "But  that  was 
a  long  time  ago,  James.  You  were  wrong,  my  dear.  So 
very  wrong.  It  wasn't  easy  to  shut  you  out  of  my  life. 
The  wound  didn't  heal,  James.    It  never  will." 

Still  James  said  nothing. 

"It  didn't  have  to  be  a  Back  Street  affair.  If  I'd  been 
able  to  see  you  once  a  week,  talk  to  you  over  a  telephone 
now  and  again,  it'd  have  been  enough.  But,  to  leave  you 
to  a  hateful,  scheming  woman  was  wrong." 

She  hesitated.  Tears  flooded  her  eyes  and  she  swayed 
momentarily. 

"James,  my  darling,  I  had  to  tell  you.  Tell  you  how 
cruel  it  was  to  leave  so  suddenly.  To  leave  at  once 
and  forever.    James,  it  was  cruel." 

Catherine  stared  at  him  as  she  spoke.  Suddenly,  she 
regained  her  composure.  She  turned  without  another 
word  and  left  the  room. 

In  the  corridor,  the  tall  man  was  waiting.  He  escorted 
her  the  length  of  the  thickly  carpeted  hall  to  the  exit. 

"Good  night,"  he  said. 

"Good  night." 

She  descended  the  steps  to  the  street.  The  tall  man 
looked  after  her  a  moment.  Then  he  closed  the  mortuary 
doors  against  the  damp  evening  air. 


46 


in  California 

it  s 


•  •  • 


the  knack  of  being  an  individua 

in  thought  and  creation 

that  makes  for  successful  living 


EARL  "MADMAN"  MUNTZ,  onetime  smalltime  Glen- 
dale  automobile  dealer,  tells  you  on  big  billboards  that 
"You  Look  Terrible  Behind  That  Wheel."  Professed  in- 
sanity in  advertising  has  built  a  $5,000,000  a  year  volume 
for  the  immigrant  from  Illinois.  And  the  public  shortly 
will  be  submitted  to  a  new  sales  barrage  .  .  this  time  tout- 
ing the  Muntz  Home,  a  prefabricated  house  of  aluminum 
built  to  sell  around  85,000.  ADELLIA  McCABE,  slender 
and  cameo-faced,  holds  office  in  Sacramento  as  United 
States  Commissioner.  Criminals  before  her  bar  range  from 
white  slavers  to  those  who  have  unlawfully  cut  trees  in  the 
national  forests.  At  home  she  pours  tea  for  Zonta  Club 
members  and  pursues  her  passion  for  knitting.  EDYTH 
GENEE,  poetess,  whose  initial  book,  "Brief  Aprils,"  is 
just  off  the  press,  exchanges  metrical  talk  with  DON 
BLANDING.  Critics  say  her  style  is  rhe  feminine  counter- 
part of  the  famous  Don.  RICHARD  LOEDERER,  artist 
and  author  whose  specialty  is  animating  inanimate  ob- 
jects, also  had  a  go  at  exploring  .  .  Haiti  was  his  husk  .  . 
and  he  came  back  with  material  for  the  provocative  "Voodoo 
Fires  in  Haiti."  CATHERINE  STUBERCH,  sculptress 
and  designer,  has  a  knack  with  whimsical  display  manni- 
kins  that  is  equalled  only  by  her  talent  for  serious  sculp- 
ture. Here  she's  shown  with  the  late  John  Barrymore  who 
posed  for  his  portrait  in  wax.  The  Stubergh  Studio  in  Los 
Angeles,  reminiscent  of  the  Mme.  Tussaud  salons  in  Lon- 
don, teems  with  full-size  models  of  famous  and  infamous 
characters  of  public  life,  who,  at  Stubergh's,  mingle  mer- 
rily with  puiple  cows,  pink  ostriches,  clowns,  ballerinas 
and   cherubs. 


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NOW  IS  THE  TIME 

AND  THIS  IS  THE  HOUSE  .  .  TO  BUILD 


"WHEN  I  can  build  the  home  I  want  .  .  ." 

How  many  times  have  you  heard  your  friends 
preface  their  wishful  talk  about  homes  with  just 
these  words?  Feeling  that  the  time  has  come  when 
many  people  will  be  able  to  dust  off  their  dreams 
of  a  new  home  and  translate  them  into  plans  for 
building,  The  Californian  presents  Whitney  Smith's 
exciting  ideas  for  the  post-war  home. 

In  this  delightfully  modern  house,  a  prominent 
young  architect  combines  enthusiasm  with  a  very 
special  talent  and  produces  a  plan-for-living  which 
is  truly  Californian  ...  a  plan  which  develops 
many  ideas  heretofore  labelled  "no-you-can't."  And 
from  the  standpoint  of  architectural  charm,  the  ren- 
dering shown  above  will  illustrate  the  modern  in- 
terpretation of  California  comfort.  Clinging  close 
to  the  earth,  but  with  a  slight  loft  to  the  roof  to 
give  it  airiness  .  .  .  with  huge  windows  and  slid- 
ing glass  panels  to  let  the  outdoors  in  .  .  .  with 
unique  combination  of  masonry  and  waterproof 
redwood  plywood  exterior  ...  it  represents  some- 
thing freshly  different  in  construction  ...  a  com- 
pletely   integrated    scheme    for    indoor-outdoor    liv- 


ing .   .   .   California   style! 

We  are  happy  to  be  able  to  project  this  plan 
even  further,  to  present  a  comprehensive  plan  for 
outdoor  planting,  made  exclusively  for  The  Cali- 
fornian by  Garrett  Eckbo,  landscape  architect.  The 
logic  he  uses  in  creating  the  perfect  setting  for  this 
particular  house  makes  good  sense  for  your  home- 
site  planting,  too. 

"The  garden,"  he  says,  "is  not  much  different  from 
the  house.  People  don't  change  out  of  doors.  They 
take  their  furniture,  papers,  food  and  toys  out  with 
them." 

Take  this  as  a  starting  point,  then  further  agree 
with  Mr.  Eckbo  that  a  house  is  superimposed  upon 
a  natural  setting  .  .  .  that  it  requires  some  blending 
qualities  in  planting  that  will  make  it  fit  into  its 
site.  This  nationally  famed  expert  visions  shrubs, 
trees  and  flowers  as  architectural  components  in 
shaping  outdoor  space,  likes  the  contrast  of  unplant- 
ed  areas  for  contrast  pattern. 

He  coordinates  the  setting  to  the  physical  pro- 
portions of  the  house  ...  to  the  living  habits  of 
a  family. 


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Artist's  rendering  of  to- 
morrow's house  for  to- 
day .  .  .  masonry,  red- 
wood and  glass  in  a 
spirited  plan  for  Califor- 
nia living.  Note  intrigu- 
ing balcony  for  outdoor 
dining    .   .   .   sunbathing! 


Northern    exposure 


Eastern 


Western 


GARRETT  ECKBO'S  isometric  plan  for  planting  to  enhance  the  beauty  and  livability  of  the  house 
shown  on  the  opposite  page.  Note  contrasting  patterns  of  dark  and  light  foliage,  the  obvious 
picture-quality  through  a  view  window.  At  top  right,  the  gray-green  of  slender  Melalucca  Leuca- 
dendron  ...  top  left,  the  orange  of  persimmons  against  a  graveled  site  .  .  .  the  lawn  enclosure 
within  the  L-shape  of  the  house  .  .  .  the  wide  expanse  of  lawn  at  right  with  a  separate  drying 
room  concealed  from  the  house,  dark  green  magnolia  bordering.  Just  below  the  house  and  down 
the  sloping  terrains  are  irregular  areas  for  lawn,  gravel,  rough  deep  grass  .  .  .  the  shadowed 
tracery  of  thin  eucalyptus  at  left  and  extreme  lower  right  corner  contrast  with  sturdy  fig  trees, 
salvia    and    tamarisk.    Bright    splashes    of    color    are    in     many    of    the    flowering    trees    and    shrubs. 


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j  |  Open  the  door  and  walk  in! 

The  impression  of  freedom  and  "rightness"  that  you  get 
from  the  exterior  is  heightened  on  the  inside  of  this  wonder- 
fully modern  house.  Focal  point  is  the  tremendous  fireplace 
which  dominates  one  end  of  the  room,  its  unusual  .  .  .  and 
unusually  economical  .  .  .  effect  achieved  by  alternate  courses 
of  brick  and  concrete  blocks.  The  textured  feeling  and  the 
brick-red  tones  on  gray  keynote  the  decor  of  the  whole  room. 

As  illustrated  in  the  artist's  rendering,  below,  Whitney 
Smith's  idea  of  California  living  brings  the  outdoors  in  .  .  . 
through  use  of  the  great  sliding  glass  panels,  huge  windows, 
and  the  interesting  clere  story  ventilation-and-view  windows 
.  .  .  through  indoor  planting  which  adds  interest  and  color 
to  the  stark  simplicity  of  modern  architecture. 

An  additional  accent  to  the  picturesque  fireplace  is  the  stone 


The  interior  of  this  freshly  modern  house  has  the  freedom  and  color  of  all 
outdoors  .  .  .  large  sliding  glass  panels,  generous  windows  including  the 
clere  story  type  which  gives  extra  height  and  airiness  to  room.  Tremendous 
fireplace  of  alternating  courses  of  brick  and  concrete  blocks,  with  extended 
hearth  .  .  .  built-in  planters  for  tropical  display.  Modern  furniture  for  comfort. 


BY  VIRGINIA  SCALLON 


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A  compact  house  to  provide  carefree  California 
brand  of  living  .  .  .  actual  floor  space  just  over 
1600  square  feet,  but  careful  arrangement  and 
the    in-and-outdoor   feeling    gives   it   spaciousness. 


hearth,  which  extends  far  out  into  the  room,  making  it  even 
more  dramatic.  The  open  plan  favored  by  the  architect  brings 
the  dining  alcove  into  the  living  area,  with  luxurious  tropical 
planting  giving  variation.  Bedrooms  show  the  same  careful 
planning  for  comfort,  for  view,  for  accessibility. 

But  let's  put  another  accent  mark  on  the  unique  plan  of  this 
adaptable  house  .  .  .  the  guest  room  which  is  connected  to 
the  house  merely  by  the  covered  car  port.  Here  a  small  bath 
boasts  an  outside  door,  too,  so  that  the  family  need  not  go 
into  the  house  when  they  want  to  shower  after  work  in  the 
garden  or  in  the  garage.  And  there's  an  outside  sink  for  ar- 
ranging flowers,  too! 

One  good  look  will  show  how  carefully  the  outdoor  living 
areas  have  been  correlated  to  the  plan  of  the  house  .  .  . 
with  a  protected  garden-patio  entranceway,  and  a  covered 
porch,  with  sliding  glass  panels,  for  outdoor  dining. 

Many  areas  in  the  extensive  gardens  may  be  designated 
for  different  purposes.  The  actual  floor  space  of  the  house 
is  1857  square  feet,  including  half  the  area  of  the  carport, 
which  actually  can  be  converted  to  outdoor  living.  Net  floor 
space  is  some   1600  square  feet. 


IBS 


Separate  guest  or  mother-in-law's  apartment, 
with  bath  that  opens  outside,  too.  Covered  car- 
port connecting  apartment  may  be  converted 
to       outdoor       living,       hobby       or       work-shop. 


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THERE'S   DRAMA 


IN  COSMOPOLITAN   FOODS 


AND  HOLLYWOOD  IS  SETTING 


A   NEW   STYLE    IN    DINING 


|  Hollywood  has  a  strong  influence  on  today's  clothes, 
manners,  and  cookery  .  .  .  and  here  in  California  we  are 
quick  to  adopt  its  latest  fashions  in  foods.  Californian 
cuisine  is  as  cosmopolitan  as  any  in  the  world  .  .  .  the 
Spaniards  brought  dishes  from  Europe  and  South 
America;  the  Indians  contributed  their  native  lore; 
the  '49ers,  who  came  from  everywhere,  brought  recipes 
from  everywhere.  The  Chinese  gave  of  their  best,  and 
the  early  wine  growers  brought  not  only  their  knowl- 
edge of  viticulture,  but  that  of  gastronomy,  for  those 
who  have  an  appreciation  of  fine  wines  invariably  know 
their  foods.  But  it  is  the  movies,  "The  Industry,"  as 
it's  called  in  Hollywood,  that  is  setting  a  new  style 
in  dining. 

Fortunately,  for  cookery,  the  average  motion  picture 
star  today  has  more  than  a  gorgeous  figure,  a  sultry 
voice,  or  a  disarming  smile  .  .  .  she  has  a  brain.  And 
in  Hollywood  there  are  many  who  are  not  only  con- 
noisseurs of  food  and  wine,  they  can  don  an  apron 
and  turn  out  epicurean  dishes  with  the  best  of  them. 
These  gourmets  and  gourmettes  know  there's  drama  in 
food  as  well  as  in  the  theater  .  .  .  they  not  only  serve 
dramatic  foods  in  their  own  homes,  they  flock  to  the 


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By  Helen    Evans  Browi 


restaurants  that  serve  the  most  spectacular  meals.  One 
of  these  restaurants,  on  the  famous  "Strip,"  is  Bub- 
lichki,  and  its  food  is  as  Russian  and  entrancing  as 
its  name.  The  Zakuska  (hors  d'oeuvre)  is  delectable, 
as  is  the  Borsht,  Shaslick  (marinated  lamb  broiled  on 
skewers)  Mushrooms  a  la  Russe  (in  sour  cream,  won- 
derful!), and  the  Blinchiki  (delicate  rich  pancakes 
folded  envelope  fashion  around  cottage  cheese,  and 
sizzled  to  a  beautiful  topaz  in  butter).  But  most  dra- 
matic of  all  is  the  Cutlet  a  la  Kiev.  It's  a  breast  of 
chicken  with  a  crispy  crust  of  minutely-diced  bread, 
and  right  in  the  middle  of  its  tender  heart  is  a  pool 
of  molten  butter.  Alex  Danaroff,  the  owner,  and  George 
Stronin,  the  chef,  graciously  share  their  recipe  with 
readers  of  "California  Cooks." 

CUTLETS  A  LA  KIEV 

"From  a  three-pound  roasting  hen  carefully  remove  the 
breast  portion.  A  very  sharp  knife  must  be  used  for 
the  operation  which  begins  by  making  incisions  between 
the  body  and  the  drumsticks  so  that  the  lower  portion 
may  be  separated  from  the  upper.  Remove  the  skin 
from  the  breast  half.  Now,  cut  off  the  first  joints  of 
the  wings,  leaving  the  wing  bone  attached  to  the  breast. 
Cut  away  the  meat  of  the  breast  in  one  piece,  holding 
to  the  wing  bone  as  you  cut.  Flatten  out  the  piece  of 
breast  meat,  and  lift  up  the  small  tenderloin  which 
lies  inside.  When  this  is  lifted,  note  the  string  of 
gristle  that  must  be  cut  at  either  end  to  prevent  buck- 
ling of  the  chicken  while  frying.  After  removing  the 
gristle,  pat  the  flat  tenderloin  as  wide  as  it  will  go, 
and  put  a  piece  of  butter  (size  of  walnut)  and  a  few 
mushrooms  in  the  center  and  fold  into  the  form  of  a 
cone.  Roll  into  egg  and  flour  and  tiny  squares  of  stale 
bread  (made  by  mincing  a  slice  or  two  of  hard,  crust- 
less,  stale  bread)  and  fry  in  butter  until  golden  brown. 
The  fried  bread  gives  a  butter-toasty  crust  to  the  chicken 
which  bursts  with  the  delicious  juice  of  butter  and 
mushrooms  when  it  is  cut  piping  hot.  And  dress  the 
wing  bones  with  paper  crowns." 

Do  you  follow?  Use  a  narrow,  thin-bladed  boning 
knife,  if  you  have  one,  otherwise  your  sharpest  paring 
knife.  And  get  in  there  with  your  hands,  too.  Keep  the 
knife  as  close  as  possible  to  the  bone  and  you  shouldn't 
have  any  trouble.  The  filet  under  the  breast  is  easy 
to  find  as  it's  in  a  separate  layer  .  .  .  the  tendon  is 
a  silvery-looking  cord.  The  amount  of  butter  I  use 
is  one  tablespoonful,  or  if  the  breast  is  extra  large, 
four  teaspoonfuls.  A  teaspoonful  of  the  minced  mush- 
rooms is  enough  and  they  may  be  skipped  entirely. 
The  important  thing  is  to  have  the  butter  cold  and  to 
seal  it  well  inside  the  meat  ...  so  fold  it  carefully  .  .  . 
and,  because  you're  not  a  chef,  cheat  a  little  and  fasten 
it  securely  with  toothpicks.  Another  trick  for  the  not-too 
professional  is  to  roll  the  folded  breasts  into  seasoned 
flour,  then  in  bread  crumbs  or  the  minced  bread  that  the 
recipe  calls  for.  Repeat  the  egging  and  crumbing  to 
assure  a  good  crust,  then  put  the  cutlets  in  the  refriger- 
ator until  so  thoroughly  chilled  that  the  butter  won't 
leak  out  in  the  cooking.  This  recipe  you  will  like. 

Though  it's  dramatic  food  that  Hollywood  sets  before 
its  guests,  it's  not  necessarily  elaborate.  Simple  fare, 
prepared  with  skill  and  imagination,  is  most  apt  to 
win  a  culinary  Oscar.  For  instance,  take  a  toasted  sand- 
wich .  .  .  but  such  a  toasted  sandwich!  Pain  Repasse, 
they  call  it  in  France,  but  here  it's  ironed  bread.  That's 
what  I  said. 


IRONED  BREAD 

Purchase  a  loaf  of  fresh  thin  sliced  sandwich  bread, 
trim  the  crusts,  put  two  slices  together,  and  cut  in 
circles  or  oblongs.  Heat  your  iron  very  hot  .  .  .  yes, 
the  one  you  use  for  your  clothes  .  .  .  and  iron  one 
side  of  your  unfilled  sandwich,  exerting  enough  pressure 
to  flatten  it.  When  it  is  brown  and  shiny,  turn  it  over 
and  press  the  other  side.  Now  slip  a  very  sharp  knife 
between  the  two  slices,  being  careful  to  keep  the  opening 
not  much  wider  than  the  knife  blade.  Work  the  blade 
tip  back  and  forth,  making  a  pocket.  Now  fill  your 
bread  pocket  with  any  meat,  fish,  or  cheese  spread  that 
suits  your  fancy,  and  seal  the  opening  and  edges  with 
your  hot  iron.  When  you  are  ready  to  serve  these 
tricky  sandwiches  with  cocktails,  soup,  or  salad,  be  sure 
to  reheat  them  in  the  oven.  Everyone  will  have  a  differ- 
ent theory  as  to  how  the  filling  appeared  so  mirac- 
ulously between  the  two  thin  pieces  of  toast. 

Another  Hollywood  favorite  is  sauteed  chicken  with 
a  dreamy  sauce. 

HOLLYWOOD  CHICKEN  SAUTE 

Have  broilers  cut  in  four  pieces  each  and  dredge  them 
with  flour.  (Allow  one  chicken  to  two  persons.)  Now 
brown  the  chickens  in  butter,  allowing  a  quarter  of  a 
cup,  or  a  little  less,  for  each  chicken.  When  the  pieces 
are  nicely  browned,  season  them  with  salt  and  fresh 
ground  pepper,  and  reduce  the  heat,  allowing  them 
to  cook  slowly  until  they  are  tender.  In  the  meantime 
make  a  cream  sauce  by  cooking  together  one  table 
spoon  each  of  butter  and  flour  until  they  are  bubbly, 
but  not  brown,  then  whisking  in  a  cup  of  thin  cream. 
Cook  over  hot  water  ten  minutes,  and  season  with  a 
quarter  teaspoonful  of  salt  and  a  grinding  of  pepper 
Now  add  a  two  or  three-ounce  tin  of  puree  de  fois 
gras  or  goose  liver  paste,  and  stir  until  smooth.  Place 
the  chicken  on  a  heat-proof  platter,  pour  over  it  a 
jigger  of  brandy,  and  set  it  alight.  When  the  flames  die 
down  pour  over  the  sauce  and  serve  it  forth  in  all  its 
glory. 

Just  to  prove  that  all  Hollywood  dishes  are  neither 
elaborate  nor  expensive  I'll  give  you  one  of  the  simplest 
.  .  .  and  best  .  .  .  recipes  for  spaghetti  that  I've  ever 
had. 

SPAGHETTI  OLIO  E  AGLIO 

Boil  a  pound  of  long  Italian  style  spaghetti  until  done. 
It  should  be  tender,  yet  firm,  never  mushy.  In  other 
words  when  you  bite  into  it  it  should  still  have  a 
little  resistance  in  its  middle!  Crush  six  cloves  of  garlic 
and  put  them  to  cook  in  a  quarter  of  a  cup  of  olive 
oil  until  the  garlic  is  a  light  brown.  Remove  the  garlic, 
add  a  quarter  of  a  cup  of  finely-minced  parsley,  a  half 
teaspoonful  of  salt  and  a  few  grindings  of  pepper. 
Mix  and  cook  two  minutes,  then  add  a  quarter  cup  of 
butter.  As  soon  as  the  butter  melts  pour  this  sauce  over 
the  hot  spaghetti  and  mix  well.  Pass  grated  parmesan 
cheese  with  this,  and  serve  with  a  sharper-than-usual 
dressing  .  .  .  two  parts  of  olive  oil  to  one  part  of 
red  wine  vinegar. 

It's  certainly  a  sense  of  the  dramatic  that  makes 
Hollywood  go  for  foods  like  these,  but  there  may  be 
another  reason,  too.  I  think  it  was  Brillat  Savarin  who 
claimed  that  those  who  know  how  to  eat  are  com- 
paratively ten  years  younger  than  those  to  whom  the 
art  is  unknown.  And  even  the  most  glamorous  of  the 
movie  stars  might  be  willing  to  drop  ten  years.  How 
about  you? 


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edna  charlton 


! 

I 


nr  nn 


THINK  TALL!  Don't  let  that  summer  sun  sag  you.  Think  tall  .  .  . 
for  there  is  nothing  like  good  posture  to  make  you  look  attractive  and 
feel  on  top  of  the  world! 

A  sideways  glance  into  the  mirror  will  reveal  whether  you  are  stand- 
ing straight  as  a  stick  ...  or  like  a  lazy  "S."  Clear,  flawless  skin  and 
the  feeling  of  good  health  are  a  result  of  proper  digestion  and  elim- 
ination. \ou  won't  have  that  midsummer  droop,  feel  sluggish  or  run- 
down if  you  give  yourself  a  chance  to  breathe. 

You'll  be  amazed  to  see  how  much  better  your  clothes  fit  .  .  .  and 
look  .  .  .  when  you  hold  your  head  high,  your  shoulders  back,  and  your 
chest  up.  It's  not  what  you  wear  but  how  you  wear  it  that  can  make 
an  inexpensive  garment  look  like  an  exclusive  gown.  Models  wear  their 
clothes  well  .  .  .  and  why?  Because  they  know  how  to  stand,  and 
display  the  best  features  of  each  garment.  The  exercises,  below,  sug- 
gested by  Patricia  Stevens,  a  teacher  of  models,  will  help  you,  too, 
attain  better  posture. 

Aside  from  gaining  a  graceful  walk,  you'll  want  to  learn  how  to  go 
up  and  down  stairs  smoothly,  erect.  Consider  your  shoes.  Your  footwear 
can  make  the  difference  between  a  good  walk  and  a  bad  one.  If  you 
wear  too  low  a  heel  you  will  find  your  body  off  balance,  toppling 
backwards.  The  too-high  heel  has  the  opposite  effect.  Tall  or  short, 
remember  that  slumped,  rounded  shoulders  only  bring  attention  to 
your  height  instead  of  hiding  it.  It  is  the  tall  girl  who  is  envied  for 
her  ability  to  wear  clothes. 

And  remember  .  .  .  pull  in  your  tummy,  tuck  in  your  derriere  .  .  . 
and  you'll  have  the  enviable  walk  of  a  professional  model ! 

1.  Let's  face  it!  As  you  stand  facing  the  wall  make  your  toes  and  chest  touch 
If  your  nose  touches  the  wall  you  are  leaning  forward.  If  your  abdomen 
touches  you  are  standing  with  your  tummy  out  and  you  might  be  swayback. 
Pull  in  your  nose  and  tummy  and  you  can  have  perfect  posture. 

2.  Straighten  up!  With  back  to  wall  let  your  head,  shoulders  and  derriere  touch, 
your  heels  two  inches  from  the  wall.  A  slight  push  with  your  head  and  you 
will  be  standing  straight  as  a  stiff.  .  .  .  without  looking  stiff. 

3.  Loosen  up!  Stretch  your  arms  high  above  your  head,  then  drop  them  to  the 
sides.    By  stretching  and  relaxing  you  can  gain  grace  and  poise. 

4.  Glide  along!  Instead  of  the  old  book-on-head  method,  try  this  one.  Have 
someone  place  two  glasses  half-filled  with  water  on  the  backs  of  your  out- 
stretched hands.  By  walking  around  for  ten  minutes  each  day  you  will  have 
perfected  an  effortless,  graceful  stride. 


here  are  exercises  designed  to 
improve  your  posture  .  .  .  make 
you    feel    like    a    million   .    .    .   look 
smarter   in    vour    clothes 


YOU  MAY  NOT  UNDERSTAND   IT 


BUT    YOU    LIKE    IT 


WHEN    JEAN   SABLON    SINGS 


SO    INTIMATELY   AND    "JUST    FOR    YOU" 


by  Virginia  teale 


Sigh 


THERE  we  sat,  Jean  Sablon  and  I,  com- 
fortable in  a  pair  of  wing  chairs.  Cock- 
tails were  on  the  table  before  us,  the 
special  Beverly  Hills  variety  of  sun 
slanted  through  the  blinds,  and,  in  case 
one  were  intersted,  there  was  a  view 
of  the  lovely  hotel  gardens. 

Sablon,  the  Frenchman  .  .  the  sen- 
sational singer  and  current  throb  for 
the  feminine  heart  of  America  .  .  was 
wearing  a  black-and-white  checked 
flannel  sports  shirt,  beige  gabardine 
trousers  and  jacket  and  brown  suede 
shoes. 

"Uh,  do  you  have  any  hobbies,  Mon- 
sieur Sablon?"  Silly  question. 

His  eyebrows  went  up  quizzically. 
"Hobbies?  I'm  sorry,  my  knowledge  of  English  is  not  too 
good  .  .  ." 

"Well,  you  know,  things  you  like  to  do  .  .  things  of 
interest  for  your  spare  time  .  .  . ' 

"Oh,  I  understand."  Then  Sablon  smiled.  "But,  of  course. 
Wait." 

He  zipped  into  the  next  room.  I  waited  impatiently. 
What  would  he  come  out  with?  Or  without?  Whatever 
it  was,  I  was  ready  .  .  all  in  the  line  of  duty,  of  course. 
Perhaps  he  collected  miniature  jade  Buddhas.  Or  Pygmy 
poison  darts.    Or  .  .  . 

You  Say  wSABLON" 


"Look  at  these  .  ."  He  reverently  extended  two  small 
paper  packets. 

I  took  them  and  held  them  to  the  light.  They  couldn't 
be  what  they  seemed  to  be,  but  they  were:  Flower  seeds. 
Poppies,  to  be  exact.  Plain  California  poppies.  Smooth 
suave  Sablon,  with  the  milk-and-honey  voice,  turned  out 
to  be  a  thwarted  farmer.  He  told  me  then  about  his  farm 
in  Sao  Paulo,  Brazil.  He  raises  oranges,  and  bananas, 
lemons,  nuts  and  coffee,  and  flowers  by  the  hundreds 
of  varieties.  Nothing  makes  him  happier,  he  claims,  than 
early  to  bed,  early  to  rise,  and  good  hard  work  on  his 
farm.  These  poppy  seeds  .  .  they  were  one  of  many  things 
he  was  finding  in  California  to  take  back  to  his  Brazilian 
acres. 

"I  don't  like  night  life  and  such  at  all,"  confessed  Sablon 
apologetically. 

Wondering  what   else  he   might  and   might  not   like,   a 

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|_  aking  the  overall  view  of  what  makes  a  good 
wearable  for  a  man  during  midsummer  days  when 
the  sun  is  only  92  million  miles  away,  you  come 
up  with  this  thought:  It  has  to  be  cool,  it  has  to  be 
comfortable,  and  if  he's  an  enthusiast  for  the 
leisure  way  of  life,  he'll  want  it  casual,  too! 

Starched  white  shirts  and  tightly  tied  cravats 
might  be  his  week-long  fare,  but  here  is  your  chance 
to  put  him  in  something  new  for  those  Saturdav 
mornings  astride  the  swivel  chair  .  .  .  and  what's 
more,  casual-wear  is  highly  acceptable  among  the 
typewriters  and  file  cabinets  during  Saturn's  day. 

Utilitarian-wise  is  the  sweater.  It  fits  under  the 
sport  jacket  or  suit  on  cool  days,  can  add  a  dressy 
touch  for  the  outdoor  man  who  likes  to  hide  his 
shirt  sleeves.  And  the  sweater  provides  that  extra 
warmth  when  the  sun  dips  out  of  sight  early  on 
fall  evenings.  The  coat-style  sweater  pictured  on 
the  opposite  page  is  easy  to  slip-in-and-out-of.  lends 
attractiveness  to  any  summer  outfit. 

Freedom-wise.  too.  is  the  leisure  jacket  below 
that  has  all  of  the  comforts  of  a  regular  sport  coat, 
yet  is  in  good  company  in  town  or  in  the  coun- 
try. A  one-tone  effect  makes  him  dressy  even  when 
sitting  on  your  porch  rail.  Here's  an  opportunity 
.  .  .  you  can  use  the  "good  old  summer  time"  to 
bring  him  up  to  date  on  a  loafable  life. 


UNDER  THE  SUN  THERE'S  ALWAYS 

SOMETHING  NEW  .  .  TO  CAPTURE  LEISURE 
AND  GOOD  LIVING  FOR  "THAT  MAN" 


Deft  application  of  the  traditional  English-style  knitted  waist  to  T 
a  fine  multi-cable  knitted  sweater  makes  this  coat-style  sweater  by 
Catalina  Inc.  a  definite  must  for  autumn  wardrobes.  It  comes  in  four 
rich  colors:  powder  blue,  desert  sand,  California  gold  and  burgundy. 
Approximately  $13.50. 


Soft  and  mellow  is  the  feel  of  this  solid-toned  wool  casual  jacket  styled 
by  Hollywood  Sportwear.  Cut  in  the  full  drape  style  that  makes  Cali- 
fornia mens  sportswear  the  world's  favorite,  this  casual  coat  has  fine 
harmonizing    hand-picking    on    the    collar    edges.     Approximately    $25. 


A  SIMPLE   SUMMARY   OF  SUMMER   WEAR 


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it  took  a  wrestling  match  and 
a  home-made  airplane  to 
determine  two  famous 
men's   careers 

#  When  Lawrence  Tibbett  was  a  stu- 
dent at  Manual  Arts  High  School  in 
Los  Angeles  thirty  years  ago  ...  a  tall, 
shy  boy  eager  to  overcome  the  effects 
of  a  frail  childhood  .  .  .  his  campus 
hero  was  a  young  man  his  own  age 
named  Jimmy  Doolittle. 

Tibbett,  determined  to  build  up  his 
own  physique,  put  up  a  horzontal  bar  in 
his  backyard  and  spent  hours  every  day 
exercising.  He  had  his  eye  on  the 
wrestling  team  .  .  .  and  on  the  enviable 
Jimmy,  who  was  the  star  of  the  wrestling 
squad,  one  of  the  school's  best  boxers, 
and  who  later  became  the  amateur  mid- 
dleweight boxing  champion  of  Southern 
California. 

It  was  the  policy  of  the  school  in 
those  days  to  organize  classes  in  any 
specialty  in  which  faculty  members 
showed  amateur  skill.  Manual's  art 
teacher,  the  late  Rob  Wagner,  also  had 
the  wrestling  class. 

NIGHTINGALE 


by  Marion  Simms 


Lawrence  Tibbett  as   Rigoletto 


One  day  Tibbett  told  Wagner  he 
would  like  to  try  out  for  the  team. 
Jimmy  Doolittle  was  in  the  gym  at  the 
time  and  Wagner  suggested  he  take  on 
the  newcomer. 

"Hi,  Crow!"  was  Tibbett's  greeting 
to  his  classmate. 

"Hel-lo  Nightingale!"  replied  Doo- 
little with  a  friendly  grin.  The  gangling 
Tibbett  was  getting  a  reputation  around 
school  as  quite  a  singer. 

The  boys  faced  each  other.  There 
was  the  slight  sound  of  a  current  of  air 
being  stirred  up.  Next  a  bump,  then 
silence. 

"Stick  to  singing,"  was  Doolittle's 
parting  advice. 

So,  while  Lawrence  pursued  his 
career  in  singing  and  play  acting, 
Jimmy  was  busy  with  blacksmithing, 
woodworking,  the  foundry,  the  auto  and 
machine  shops  .  .  .  wrestling  and  box- 
ing, too.  Nevertheless,  the  two  boys 
whose  birth  dates  were  the  same  year 
and  just  a  month  apart  .  .  .  natives  of 
the  California  towns  of  Alameda  and 
Bakersfield   .  .   .  became  good  friends. 

The  whole  school  had  become  inter- 
ested in  aviation  at  the  time.  The 
grounds  were  filled  with  airplane 
models  of  all  sizes.  There  were  tourna- 
ments, competitions  and  prizes,  and  al- 
ways one  of  the  participants  was  James 
Doolittle.  Later,  a  full-sized  single- 
seater  plane  was  constructed  in  the 
school  shops.  In  high  excitement,  the 
student  body  turned  out  to  see  their 
ship  .  .  .  carrying  Manual's  colors  of 
purple  and  gray  .  .  .  take  to  the  air 
with  a  tremendous  roar. 

Dr.  Albert  E.  Wilson,  retired  prin- 
cipal, reports  that  while  Jimmy  Doo- 
little "lived  up  to  his  name  pretty 
well"  during  the  beginning  of  his  high 
school  days,  he  buckled  down  to  hard 
study  in  advanced  mathematics,  chem- 
istry, physics  and  English  history,  once 
he  realized  the  stiff  requirements  ahead 
of  him  in  college  work. 

In  a  number  of  Jimmy's  classes  was 
a  girl  named  Josephine  Daniels,  a  tal- 
ented young  woman  who  won  the  high- 
est school  office  a  girl  could  have — sec- 
retary of  the  student  body.  Jimmy 
spotted  her  early  and  concentrated  his 
interests.  She  stood  beside  him  when 
he  received  the  Congressional  Medal  of 
Honor  for  his  leadership  in  the  United 
States'   first  air  attack  on   Tokyo. 

Many  years  after  high  school  days 
were  over,  when  Lawrence  Tibbett's 
concert  work  foreshadowed  his  stardom 
at  the  Metropolitan  Opera,  curiosity 
led  Jimmy  Doolittle  to  buy  a  ticket  to 
a  Tibbett  concert. 

"I  wanted  to  see  if  it  was  the  same 


Lieutenant   General   James    H.    Doolittle,   USA    Reserve 


AND  THE  CROW 

Tibbett  kid  who  was  always  squawking 
those  deep  notes  around  school,"  Doo- 
little told  Tibbett  when  they  met  later 
at  a  Lambs  Club  gambol  in  New  York. 
"Boy,  you  have  turned  out  better  than 
I  expected!" 

There  were  many  meetings  of  the  old 
school  friends  after  that.  Doolittle  had 
become  famous  as  a  flier  .  .  .  winner 
of  many  aviation  records  and  prizes. 
The  work  of  both  men  took  them  all 
over  the  country  and  their  paths  fre- 
quently crossed. 

Once,  when  it  appeared  that  Tibbett 
would  have  to  cancel  a  concert  after  he 
had  missed  a  train  connection,  Doolittle 
flew  him  in  record  time  from  Dallas  to 
St.  Louis. 

Talent  appears  to  have  been  sprinkled 
heavily  among  the  classroom  contem- 
poraries of  the  Doolittle-Tibbett  era. 

Phyllis  Haver  became  a  silent  film 
star  .  .  .  Helen  Jerome  Eddy  a  stage 
actress  .  .  .  Fred  Horowitz  an  Assist- 
ant Attorney  General  of  the  United 
States  .  .  .  Bobby  (Irish)  Meusel  a 
baseball  headliner  .  .  .  Paul  Williams  a 
colonel  in  the  Army  Air  Corps  .  .  . 
Marshall  McComb  an  appellate  judge 
.  .  .  Goodwin  Knight  a  superior  judge, 
and  now  Lieutenant  Governor  of  Cali- 
fornia. 

And  Frank  Capra  became  a  film  di- 
rector of  considerable  distinction.  One 
of  his  pictures  was  "Lost  Horizon,"  a 
title  which  came  to  have  special  sig- 
nificance during  the  mystery  days  of 
the  Doolittle  Tokyo  raid  from  "Shan- 
gri-La." 


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"f  s 


The  Bowl 

(Continued  from  page  37) 

Rising  from  the  90-foot  stage  is  the  $50,000 
classic  white  proscenium  .  .  a  gift  from  Allan 
C.  Balch. 

During  the  Bowl's  existence  an  estimated  six 
million  persons  have  witnessed  the  "Sym- 
phonies Under  the  Stars."  And  almost  every 
contemporary  artist  of  note  has  appeared 
there.  A  bid  to  grace  the  famous  outdoor 
stage  is  an  honor  which  few  artists  would 
refuse.  The  lovely  Lily  Pons  holds  the  record 
for  attracting  the  largest  paid  admission  and 
close  behind  are  the  box  office  receipts  from 
a  Paul  Robeson  performance.  World-famous 
personalities  have  addressed  audiences  in  the 
Bowl  .  .  Woodrow  Wilson,  Franklin  D.  Roose- 
velt, Wendell  Willkie,  Thomas  E.  Dewey  and 
Mme.   Chiang  Kai-shek. 

Owned  by  Los  Angeles  County  and  rented 
on  a  99-year  lease  to  the  Bowl  Association,  the 
vast  amphitheatre  opens  its  gates  to  all 
creeds  and  colors,  and  the  inter-denominational 
Easter  sunrise  services  held  annually  have 
become  a  California  tradition. 

During  the  early  days  of  the  Bowl's  con- 
struction, workers  planted  fence  posts  along 
the  main  entrance,  and  oddly,  the  posts  took 
root  in  the  fertile  soil  and  grew  into  a  neat 
row  of  pepper  trees.  The  now  famous  Pepper 
Tree  Lane  is  a  picturesque  avenue  leading  to 
the  amphitheatre.  Within  its  shaded  confines 
have  been  built  a  tea  room  with  flagstone 
terrace  and   several   gift  shops. 

And  in  addition  to  its  musical  agenda,  the 
Bowl  has  been  the  background  for  spectacles 
and  gatherings  of  wide  variance.  In  1940,  the 
Gideons  used  the  area  for  a  religious  meet- 
ing .  .  handed  out  15,000  bibles.  Commence- 
ment exercises,  political  rallies  and  even  a 
wedding  have  taken  place  there.  The  nuptial 
event  was  held  in  1928  when  Composer  Percy 
Grainger  was  married  before  an  audience  of 
15,000  .  .  then  took  his  place  on  the  podium 
and  conducted  a  symphony  concert. 

There  is  something  about  Hollywood  Bowl 
that  fires  the  most  jaded  imagination.  Located 
high  above  the  city  of  Los  Angeles  and  sur- 
rounded by  the  yucca-dotted  hills  of  Holly- 
woodland,  its  heart-warming  magnificence 
gives  the  lie  to  the  oft-repeated  rumor  that 
Southern  California  is  all  publicity  and  no 
heart.  During  the  war,  audiences  gathered 
to  hear  artists  from  all  nations  while  bombers 
droned  overhead  toward  the  Pacific  and 
civilian  watchers  in  their  nearby  outposts  were 
on  the  qui  vive  for  approaching  enemy  planes. 
One  clear  evening  in  1941  the  audience  was 
requested  to  light  matches  at  a  given  signal, 
and  20.000  tiny  flames  flared  out  of  the  dark- 
ness to  illuminate  the  Bowl  in  a  poignant 
ceremony  of  hope  and   courage. 

But  perhaps  the  most  remarkable  feature 
of  Hollywood  Bowl  is  that  multitudes  of  music 
lovers  can  see  and  hear  the  world's  greatest 
artists  for  slightly  more  than  a  half-dollar. 
Mme.  Schumann-Heink,  Marian  Anderson, 
Gladys  Swarthout,  Tibbett,  Heifetz,  Szigeti, 
Menuhin,  Rachmaninoff,  Rubinstein,  Alicia 
Markova,  Agnes  de  Mille,  Sir  Thomas  Beecham 
from  England  and  Carlos  Chavez  from  Mex- 
ico .  .   all  have  entertained   at  the  Bowl. 

The  All  Nations  Festival  took  place  in  the 
Bowl,  as  did  an  Indian  ceremonial  program. 
There  have  been  a  Negro  pageant,  a  Tribute 
to  China  Day  and  a  Tribute  to  Russia  Day. 
The  Bowl's  keynote  of  universality,  now  well 
known,  is  set  by  the  imposing  fountain  which 
stands  at  its  entrance.  Designed  by  sculptor 
George  Stanley,  it  is  constructed  of  white 
granite  and  is  flanked  by  three  statues  rep- 
resenting the  Muses. 

It  symbolizes  the  need  of  modern  man  for 
spiritual  fulfillment  and  respite  from  the  tur- 
moil of  his  daily  problems. 


A  speck  of  Cali- 
fornia in  01'  Vir- 
ginny.  Daven- 
ports are  blue, 
draperies  red  and 
chartreuse  .  .  . 
raffia-trimmed  ta- 
ble is  soft  gray. 
Mrs.  Neil  Naiden, 
the  author's  wife, 
used  many  tricks 
of  interior  deco- 
ration   for    effect. 


alif 


C. 


'alifornia  is  more  than  just  a  state.  It's  a  kind  of  living.  And  if 
you  want  to  take  a  run  out  where  the  West  begins  you'll  discover 
you're  going  east,  not  west.  You'll  go  as  far  east  as  Arlington,  Vir- 
ginia, where  my  wife  and  I  have  pulled  the  four  walls  of  our  Arling- 
ton apartment  right  in  after  us.  The  Old  South,  with  its  lacy 
tradition,  is  out  the  window,  and  in  its  place  are  a  couple  of  hundred 
square  feet  of  ersatz  California.  We  have  no  "period"  furniture,  no 
pictures  of  southern  patriots,  no  albums  of  yellowed  newspaper 
clips  about  the  Civil  War.  Instead,  we've  resurrected  a  speck  of 
the  Golden  West. 

Nice  as  it  is,  the  cotton  and  tobacco  country  is  not  for  us. 
Thank  you,  no!  We  wanted  California  modern,  and  after  alien- 
ating half  the  furniture  men  in  town  we  finally  got  it.  If  you  think 
it  was  easy  you're  a  little  mad!  In  the  first  place  we  had  to  find 
an  apartment,  and  there  isn't  a  single  California  modern  house 
in  the  District  of  Columbia  or  its  lichened  suburbs  ...  no  bay  win- 
dows, no  pastel-colored  cottages,  no  tremendous  floor-to-ceiling  win- 
dows. Out  this  way  we  have  half  a  hundred  places  called  General 
Washington's  Headquarters,  150  million  acres  of  battlefields,  the  Lee 
Mansion,  the  Lee  Highway,  Lee  Boulevard,  statues  of  General  Lee. 
Thomas  Jefferson  and  George  Washington,  the  Smithsonian,  and 
of  course,  the  White  House.  And  we'll  trade  them  all  for  a  shack 
on  Telegraph  Hill. 

As  soon  as  my  wife  finishes  medical  school  here  we  intend  to. 
In  the  meantime  we're  marooned,  a  stone's  throw  from  the  Potomac. 
After  a  six  months'  horror  of  hotels  and  rooms  we  finally  found 
our  modern  apartment  in  Arlington,  and  forthwith  draped  the  walls 
in  chartreuse  and  red,  acquired  two  ocean  blue  love-seats,  and  latched 
on  to  a  soft  gray,  raffia-trimmed  set  of  tables  which  you  probably 
can  find  in  any  one  of  a  dozen  places  in  Los  Angeles.  My  wife  rigged 
up  a  white  plaster  lamp,  I  knocked  up  an  end  table,  and  we  sewed 
sixteen  small  white  string  rugs  together,  spread  out  the  result  and 
the  place  finally  began  to  take  shape.  Our  handmade  California 
pottery,  which  my  wife  bought  from  Mary  Erckenbrack,  our  Tele- 
graph Hill  neighbor  during  the  war,  is  liberally  spotted  around  the 
living  room,  along  with  several  bright-colored  Diego  Rivera  prints. 

Yes.  the  West  begins  in  Arlington,  and  there's  a  mighty  good 
reason  for  it.  To  us,  California  is  a  kind  of  never-never  land.  We 
met  there  in  1941,  honeymooned  for  48  hours  at  Stinson  Beach  in 
the  summer  of  1944  ...  we  both  were  in  the  service  at  the  time. 
Some  day  we'll  be  back,  and  it  won't  be  long.  In  the  meantime 
we  live  right  smack  in  the  middle  of  this  tiny  spec  of  the  West, 
waiting  for  the  day. 


a 
ornia 
home 
away 
from 
home 


by  Neil  D.  Naiden 


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cameras  click 
for  housewives 


more  than  one  thousand 
compete  in  California  contest 


"Any  Room  For  Me?"  is  the  title  for  this 
pensive  pup  which  won  honorable  mention 
for    Mrs.     Rose     Tucker    of     Beverly     Hills. 


California's  lady-lensers  portrayed  a  range 
of  subjects  covering  every  phase  of  daily 
living:  A  romance  shot  of  dewy  gardenias 
divided  honors  with  a  wistful  mongrel  pup; 
a  Dresden  doll  moppet  vied  with  a  Tom 
Sawyer  urchin;  the  sun  was  portrayed  ris- 
ing, setting  and  at  midday  over  ocean,  desert 
and    field. 

Of  this  varied  collection,  a  portrait  of  a 
girl  at  the  beach  won  the  grand  prize  for 
Eleanor  Bowman.  Another  Bowman  photo 
captured  first  in  the  housewives'  group. 
Runners-up  were  Mrs.  R.  A.  Greene,  Laguna 
Beach;  Grace  Silvius,  Glendale;  and  Mrs. 
0.  G.  Oberg.  Los  Angeles. 

In  the  business  and  professional  wom- 
en's group,  first  prize  was  taken  by  Lucille 
Stewart,  Los  Angeles.  Placing  were  Elaine 
Draper  of  Beverly  Hills;  Mickey  Wakefield, 
Glendale;  and  Glee  Donnelly,  San  Francisco. 
Ruth  Bouton  received  first  and  second  prizes 
in  the  student  class:  third  place  was  given 
to  Jean  Levy,  Los  Angeles;  and  fourth  to 
Hazel  E.  Anderson. 


Judges  awarded  honorable  mention  to  Mar- 
guerite Draper-Ecker  of  Beverly  Hills  for 
this     fine    photo    portrait    of    a     little    girl. 


Wi 


hen  is  a  dishpan  full  of  dishes  interest- 
ing? When  is  there  glamor  in  a  child's  face 
smeared  with  strawberry  jam?  When  you 
have  your  camera  handy  and  can  give  the 
Arcadian  picture  to  posterity. 

Kitchen  closets  are  evolving  into  dark 
rooms,  chit-chat  and  bridge  are  taking  back 
seats  for  a  new  distaff  hobby  .  .  photography! 
Starting  in  the  backyard,  with  a  pocket 
camera  and  Junior  or  Jill  or  Towser  as 
models,  the  California  housewife  is  intrigued 
with  her  film  accomplishments  .  .  has  begun 
to  invest  the  egg  money  in  filters,  tripods 
and  projectors. 

In  the  contest  for  California  women  pho- 
tographers sponsored  by  Kalart,  1082  note- 
worthy entries  were  submitted  by  housewives, 
business  and  professional  women  and  stu- 
dents. Children  seemed  to  be  the  favorite 
subjects,  with  landscapes  and  animals  close 
behind.  Judges  were  impressed  with  the  ex- 
cellent composition  and  originality,  point- 
ed out  the  near-professional  technique  and 
marked  artistry  in  entries  such  as  those 
shown   here. 

Shown  below  is  Elaine  Drapers  appealing 
"Boy"  second  prize  winner  in  the  contest 
class    for    business    and    professional    women. 


SABLON 

(Continued   from    page   55) 

series  of  questions  was  posed.  It  turned  out 
that  he  was  fascinated  by  jitterbugging  .  . 
as  a  spectator  only,  he  hurried  to  add. 

"Jitterbugs,  they  get  wonderful  exercise.  It 
looks   like  a   fine  sport." 

He  likes  sports  of  all  kinds,  and  particu- 
larly a  new  game  from  Brazil  which  he  is 
introducing  to  his  friends  here.  It  is  played 
like  badminton,  but  with  the  bare  hands  in- 
stead of  racquets,  and  the  bird  has  a  leather- 
covered   base  with  a   flat  palm-fitting  surface. 

"I  love  this  California,"  volunteered  Jean, 
"especially  the  south.  I  love  the  way  every- 
body seems  so  lazy  and  casual,  the  way  they 
ride  around  on  bicycles  with  no  clothes  on. 
I'd  like  to  get  myself  a  job  and  an  old  Ford 
and  stay  here." 

That  called  for  explanation.  "What  kind 
of    job    do   you    mean?" 

"Oh.  just  some  kind  of  work.  Then  I 
could  wear  old  clothes  and  ride  around  in 
my   old    Ford    and    be    peaceful    and    happy." 

"What   could  you   do   besides  sing?" 

"Lots  of  things.  I  am  very  talented.  I  can 
cook." 

That  seemed  comical.  "What  would  you  do, 
open  a  hamburger  stand?" 

"Sure,  I  could   do   that." 

"How  would  you  go  about  making  the 
hamburgers?" 

"Well,  first  I  would  grind  up  the  meat  .  . 
a  filet,  of  course.  Then  I  would  add  some 
herbs  and  a  touch  of  garlic,  and  I  would 
pat  it  out.  Then  I  would  put  it  on  a  broiler 
over  a  bed  of  hot  coals  and  I  would  cook 
it  so  that  it  was  burned  outside  and  raw 
inside." 

His  eyes  searched  my  face,  "You  don't  say 
anything.    Does  that  not  sound  good?" 

It  seemed  politic  to  change  the  subject.  Had 
he  ever  been  married?  He  had  not.  Why? 

He    grinned:    "Because    I    am    too    young." 

We  were  interrupted  by  a  messenger  with  a 
script  for  Sablon's  radio  show.  As  he  scanned 
it,  his  attention  was  tripped  by  one  of  his 
lines:  "Look  at  this.  Here  I  say,  'One  if  by 
land,  two  if  by  sea.'  How  is  the  meaning  of 
these  words?" 

"Well."  I  explained,  "that's  the  historic 
slogan  credited  to  an  American  patriot  dur- 
ing the  Revolution.  Paul  Revere  was  to  watch 
for  the  number  of  lanterns  and  then  warn 
the  colonists  of  the  approach  of  the  British." 

With  brow  wrinkled,  he  pondered  this,  then 
a  grin  of  comprehension  lighted  his  face.  "I 
understand.  It  is  something  like,  Lafayette, 
here  we  are?" 

Sablon  was  born  in  Paris.  He  learned  to 
sing  and  dance  at  an  early  age  and  his  out- 
standing talent  was  carefully  nourished  by 
his  family  .  .  all  of  whom  were  active  in 
the  theater.  He  formed  his  own  orchestra  and 
made  his  debut  as  maestro  at  the  Cafe  de 
Paris.  There  he  was  heard  by  one  of  the 
ubiquitous  fraternity  of  American  soap  com- 
pany representatives.  And  it  was  decided  that 
the  Sablon  talent  would  give  "John's  Other 
Wife"  a  run  for  its  money  as  a  soap  seller. 
Two  radio  shows  were  organized  in  Paris  and 
were  broadcast  to  the  U.  S.  Subsequently, 
the  singer  received  so  many  flattering  Ameri- 
can bids  that  he  decided  it  would  be  profitable 
to  embark  for  New  York,  and  his  first  stage 
appearance  in  the  Broadway  musical,  "Streets 
of  Paris."  Then  he  began  a  tour  of  principal 
cities  to  occupy  the  star  spot  in  plush  night- 
clubs .  .  to  collect  an  ever-increasing  number 
of  admirers. 

Sablon  frequently  apologizes  for  his  inade- 
quate English.  But  looking  at  him,  and  hear- 
ing his  provocative  voice,  one  can  only  com- 
ment: ".  .  pas  de  quois.  C'est  Sablon."  Or 
to  be  more  specific,  "Who  cares?" 


60 


SAILS  SET  FOR   HAWAI 


{Continued  from  page  29) 


assistant  navigator.  Carl  M.  Heintz,  of  the 
Four  Winds,  also  will  challenge  nautical  su- 
perstition: His  crew  includes  his  wife,  daughter 
and   daughter-in-law. 

But  old  salts  who  watch  the  start  of  this 
race  with  sharp,  practiced  eyes,  will  recall 
other  times  and  other  races.  They  will  rem- 
inisce on  the  first  Honolulu  Race  in  1906,  a 
hard-fought  contest  between  three  expert  skip- 
pers and  their  poetically  beautiful  craft. 
There  was  the  La  Paloma,  sailed  by  her  mas- 
ter, Clarence  MacFarlane  of  Hawaii.  And 
there  was  the  Lurline,  winner  of  that  first 
match,  with  her  owner,  H.  H  Sinclair,  at  the 
wheel.  Third  boat  was  the  Anemone,  sailed 
by  her  owner,  Charles  L.  Tutt. 

The  now  internationally  famous  Honolulu 
Races  evolved  from  a  discussion  42  years 
ago  between  Sinclair  and  MacFarlane,  both 
of  whom  were  eager  to  test  their  boats  over 
a  long-distance  course.  Sinclair  volunteered  to 
try  to  interest  several  San  Francisco  yachtsmen 
in  a  race  to  Honolulu.  Their  reply,  which  he 
relayed  to  MacFarlane,  was  that  if  "Mac" 
could  sail  the  La  Paloma  to  San  Francisco, 
they  would  race  him  back  to  his  home  islands. 
Also  promised  by  the  San  Franciscans  was 
a  welcoming  party  in  the  bay  city  the  like  of 
which  MacFarlane  had  never  seen  .  .  even 
in  his  most  sumptuous  luaus.  The  Island  skip- 
per forthwith  took  up  the  gauntlet  and  set 
sail  for  the  California  coast.  Arriving  even- 
tually in  San  Francisco  Bay,  he  tied  up  at 
Sausilito,  but  there  was  no  welcoming  com- 
mittee, no  flowers  and  no  music.  A  solitary 
friend  finally  made  his  appearance. 
"Isn't  it  awful,  Mac?" 

"Certainly  is,"  replied  the  disappointed 
MacFarlane.  "It's  the  worst  frost  I  ever  saw." 
But  the  two  men  were  conversing  at  cross 
purposes.  Unknown  to  MacFarlane,  the  de- 
vastating San  Francisco  earthquake  and  fire 
had  taken  place  several  days  before. 

MacFarlane  subsequently  sailed  down  to 
San  Pedro  where  he  looked  up  his  friend,  Sin- 
clair. Still  race  minded,  the  two  sailors  per- 
suaded Charles  L.  Tutt,  who  had  tied  up  in 
San  Pedro  while  on  a  round-the-world  cruise, 
to  join  them. 

Two  years  later  the  second  Honolulu  Race 
took  place.  The  plan  was  to  hold  the  dashes 
every  second  year,  but  the  schedule  was  in- 
terrupted by  World  War  I,  and  the  races  did 
not  resume  until  1923.  An  increasing  number 
of  yachtsmen,  however,  became  interested,  and 
in  1939,  there  was  the  biggest  turnout  in  the 
race  history  when  26  boats  hove  to  at  the 
starting  line.  The  last  race  was  held  in  1941, 
and  then  the  meets  were  discontinued  because 
of   the   second   world   conflict. 

1926  stands  out  as  an  unlucky  year  for 
the  skippers.  Mishap  skulked  across  their 
decks  like  an  unlucky  black  cat.  The  Molli- 
lou,  a  56-foot  yawl  that  has  raced  to  Honolulu 
more  times  than  any  other  boat,  was  forced 
to  turn  back  because  of  a  crew  member's  at- 
tack of  appendicitis.  The  crew  of  the  Invader 
battled  a  fire  which  broke  out  on  the  boat's 
afterdeck  .  .  but  the  flames  were  extinguished 
before  they  had  disabled  the  vessel  and  the 
Invader  sailed  over  the  finish  line  in  first 
place.  Unhappy  were  the  master  and  men  of 
the  Poinsettia:  Leading  the  sea  pack  by  many 
miles,  she  dropped  anchor  in  what  appeared 
to  be  the  waters  off  Diamond  Head.  Those 
on  board  relaxed  and  drank  a  few  toasts  to 
their  victory.  Eventually,  someone  remarked 
the  absence  of  the  buoy  light  and  someone  else 


thought  to  question  the  absence  of  the  official 
boat.  Maps  were  consulted  and  it  was  found 
that  the  Poinsettia  had  anchored  off  Koko 
Head,  a  promontory  similar  in  appearance  to 
Diamond  Head,  but  about  10  miles  east.  There 
was  a  frantic  scramble  to  get  up  sail,  but  five 
hours  had  been  wasted  and  when  the  chagrined 
Poinsettia  reached  a  point  only  100  yards 
from  the  finish  line  her  allotted  time  ran  out. 
Each  Honolulu  Race  is  sponsored  by  the 
Transpacific  Yacht  Club,  comprised  of  mem- 
bers who  have  sailed  as  Corinthians  in  any 
Transpacific  race  of  a  distance  of  not  less 
than  2,000  miles.  Present  Commodore  of  TYC 
is  W.  L.  Stewart,  Jr.  and  first  man  to  fly  the 
pennant  with  the  three  blue  stars  was  Clar- 
ence MacFarlane,  who  has  continued  to  serve 
in  the  capacity  of  Honorary  Commodore. 

Sailing  yacht  enthusiasts  can  be  found  in  all 
businesses  and  professions.  Looking  at  ran- 
dom among  the  men  who  have  entered  their 
boats  in  the  1947  race,  we  find  Dr.  A.  A. 
Steele,  endocrinologist,  who  is  skipper  of  the 
Stella  Maris  II.  Dr.  Steele  designed  and 
built  the  Stella  in  a  shed  back  of  his  office. 
"I  would  sneak  out  between  patients  and  do 
a  little  work  on  her,"  he  confided.  Commo- 
dore Stewart,  skipper  of  the  Chubasco,  is 
vice-president  of  Union  Oil  Company.  He 
learned  to  sail  when  he  was  nine  years  old 
and  lived  only  for  the  day  when  he  could 
buy  his  own  boat.  Robert  S.  Miller,  skipper 
of  the  Westward,  admires  a  streamlined  bow 
.  .  he's  president  of  Helene  of  Hollywood 
brassiere  company.  Frank  Kent,  skipper  of 
the  White  Cloud,  is  proprietor  of  a  very  plush 
nightclub  in  Oakland.  J.  L.  Munson.  skin- 
per  of  the  Cheerio,  is  a  poultry  raiser.  E. 
G.  Gould,  skipper  of  the  Brilliant,  heads  a 
hardware  company.  Donald  B.  Ayres,  Com- 
modore of  the  Los  Angeles  Yacht  Club  and 
master  of  the  Skylark,  is  in  the  real  estate 
business.  Charles  D.  Wiman,  skipper  of  the 
Patolita,  is  president  of  John  Deere  Plow 
Company.  Dr.  Paul  D.  Van  Degrift,  Commo- 
dore of  the  Voyagers  Yacht  Club,  is  a  gyn- 
ecologist, and  Carl  M.  Heintz,  skipper  of  the 
Four  Winds,  is  president  of  an  advertising 
company. 

The  only  entrants  whose  businesses  are  con- 
cerned with  the  sea  are  Thomas  A.  Short, 
skipper  of  the  Tasco,  who  heads  a  marine 
equipment  house  in  San  Francisco,  and  Sam 
H.  Emmes  of  the  Rendezvous,  who  formerly 
was   editor   of   Sea   Magazine. 

The  motion  picture  colony  always  has  had 
its  share  of  men  who  find  surcease  from  the 
camera  in  going  down  to  the  sea  in  ships. 
John  Barrymore  skippered  the  Enchantress 
and  claimed  fourth  place  in  the  1926  Honolulu 
Race.  Buck  Jones  sailed  his  Sartartia  in  the 
1936  contest,  and  Lee  Tracy  competed  twice  in 
the  Adore,  1936  and   1939. 

This  year  Frank  "Dr.  Tweedy"  Morgan 
will  bound  over  the  main  in  a  try  for  the 
cup  with  his  Dolphin  II.  George  Brent  will 
exchange  his  pinstripe  for  dungarees  and 
guide  the  course  of  his  schooner,  South  Wind. 

Average  time  for  the  race  is  13  days.  The 
record  is  11  days,  14  hours,  and  was  set  in 
1923  by  L.  A.  Norris  aboard  his  106-foot 
schooner,  Mariner.  Contrary  winds  blew  no 
one  good  in  the  1939  contest  .  .  the  winner 
logged   the   longest  time   on   record:   23   days. 

Hawaiian  hospitality  will  begin  for  the 
participants  as  soori1  as  the  first  boat  crosses 
the    finish    line. 

Families  and  friends  of  the  racers  have 
booked  all  available  passage  on  commercial 
boats  and  planes.  They'D  all  be  on  hand  at 
Diamond  Head  when  the  sea  birds  skim  into 
Molokai  Channel  with  the  trade  winds  full 
in   their  sails. 


how  does  your 
garden  grow? 


Ll  ow  does  your  indoor  garden  grow?  Do 
you  have  good  luck  with  your  house  plants? 
Or  do  they  drop  their  glory  and  begin 
moulting   like   a   seven-week   pullet? 

Primary  items  on  the  care-of-plants  pro- 
gram, as  you  know,  are  sufficient  light 
and  water.  Flowering  plants  thrive  in  ful' 
sunlight,  and  foliage  plants  .  .  ferns,  philo- 
dendron  and  rubber  plants  .  .  do  well  in 
bright  light  such  as  is  provided  by  a  north 
window.  Earthenware  pots  are  the  best 
containers,  except  for  plants  that  satis- 
factorily will  grow  in  water,  such  as  ivy 
or  plilodendron.  Best  watering  technique 
is  to  immerse  the  earthenware  pot  in  a  pan 
or  bucket  of  water,  letting  it  stand  for  30 
minutes  to  an  hour,  depending  upon  the 
soil's  degree  of  dryness.  A  good  moisture 
gauge  is  a  slender  stick  left  buried  at  the 
far  side  of  the  pot  .  .  this  can  be  removed 
and   checked   frequently. 

House  plants  should  be  fed  regularly 
if  the  utmost  in  blossoms  and  foliage  is  to 
be  attained.  Several  good  commercial 
preparations  are  available  and  should  be 
used  according  to  directions,  usually  three 
or  four  times  a  year  for  full-grown  plants 
and  at  more  frequent  intervals  during  the 
flowering  season. 

AZALEAS:  Partial  shade  is  preferable. 
They  thrive  best  in  acid,  fibrous  soil  .  . 
peat  moss  and  leaf  mold  are  good,  and 
soil  may  be  kept  acid  by  application  of 
a  teaspoon  of  aluminum  sulphate  about 
once  each  month.  Azaleas  enjoy  a  warm, 
fine  spray  in  the  mornings  .  .  use  a  rubber 
syringe. 

BEGONIAS:  Like  coolness  and  moisture. 
Put  them  in  your  north  window.  Never 
spray  from  the  top.  Keep  old  leaves  picked 
off. 

CACTI:  Good  drainage  is  important.  In 
planting,  a  base  of  leaf-mold  or  peat  moss 
and  a  top  layer  of  sand  will  provide  an 
aerated  soil.  Irrigate  more  freely  during 
summer  months  than  in  winter,  and  give 
occasional  light  feedings  of  commercial 
preparation.  Cacti  thrive  best  in  partial 
sun. 

FERNS:  Keep  away  from  sunlight. 
Again,  the  north  window  is  good.  They  like 
air,  and  dislike  being  handled  or  moved. 
Pour  water  into  pot  from  top  .  no  pro- 
longed soaking  for  ferns!  A  gentle  shower 
once  each  week  is  beneficial.  Feed  occa- 
sionally with  a  weak  solution  of  sodium 
nitrate. 

IVY:  Decorative  and  dependable.  Will 
grow  in  almost  any  location  but  enjoys 
an  occasional  sun  bath.  Likes  a  weekly 
shower  or,  if  you  have  the  patience,  sponge 
the  leaves  by  hand.  Keep  soil  moist  and 
repot   each   year. 

PHILODENDRON:  Grows  satisfactorily 
in  water,  too.  Plant  food  should  be  added 
and  water  changed  weekly.  Plants  can  be 
trained  into  almost  any  decorative  pattern. 

RUBBER  PLANT:  Likes  light  but  not 
direct  sun.  Keep  soil  moist  and  sponge 
leaves  often  with  slightly  soapy  water,  fol- 
lowed by  a  rinse  of  equal  parts  of  milk 
and   water. 

Good   growing! 


61 


QUEEN  OF  THE  MALIBU 


by  William  J.  Bowen 


(Continued  from  page  23) 

inlet  where  the  Maliwu  village  once  stood, 
the  Queen's  daughter,  Rhoda,  resides  today. 
(Adohr  Milk  Farms  was  named  for  her  by 
her  husband,  Merritt  H.  Adamson,  by  spell- 
ing her  name  backwards.)  With  her  mother's 
spirit  she  lives  protected  from  prying  eyes 
and  inquiring  reporters  in  an  estate  behind 
the  high  brick  walls  that  the  Queen  had 
built  for  the  privacy  of  her  holdings.  On  the 
other  side  of  the  creek's  mouth  the  equally 
private  and  protected  motion  picture  colony 
stretches  along  a  mile  of  fine  wide  sandy 
beach. 

But  except  for  these  things,  The  Malibu 
looked  much  the  same  to  Cabrillo  as  it  does 
to  the  Roosevelt  Highway  motorists  of  to- 
day. There  were  mountains  rising  straight 
from  the  ocean's  edge  to  a  height  of  3.000 
feet  at  jagged-toothed  Boney  Mountain.  Here 
and  there  were  a  narrow  shelf  of  flat  shore 
land,  rolling  hills,  barren  mesas,  sand  dunes, 
wooden  canyons,  with  flowing  arroyos  and 
waterfalls  and  narrow  barrancas  where  creeks 
made  their  way  through  the  gored  rocks. 
There  were  inaccessible  canyons,  rocky  crags 
and  caves.  There  were  sycamores,  live  oaks 
and  willows,  wild  flowers  and  dry  grass  and 
brush.  Out  to  sea  Santa  Catalina  and  other 
channel  islands  stood  in  crisp  silhouette  on 
a  clear  day. 

But  visitors  to  The  Malibu  remained  few 
and  far  between  until  the  late  twenties. 
Perhaps  Sir  Francis  Drake  stopped  off  .  . 
perhaps  not.  The  Franciscan  padres  of  the 
eighteenth  century  avoided  its  difficult  coast- 
line and  impassable  mountains.  Travel  along 
the  El  Camino  Real  between  San  Buenaven- 
tura  and   San   Fernando  was  inland. 

And  although  it  has  the  peculiar  distinc- 
tion of  being  the  last  of  the  Spanish  land 
grants  to  remain  largely  intact,  the  Rancho 
Topanga-Malibu-Sequit  has  had  a  brief  suc- 
cession of  ownership  .  .  increasing  from  its 
original  13,000  acres  to  an  ultimate  24.000. 
For  valiant  military  service  to  the  crown  it 
was  granted  by  the  King  of  Spain  to  Jose 
Bartolome  Tapia  in  1804.  His  heirs  later 
sold  it  for  S400  .  .  half  in  cash,  half  in 
groceries  and  wine  .  .  to  one  Leon  Victor 
Prudhomme.  He,  in  turn,  let  it  go  for  an 
unpaid  grocery  bill  to  Mathew  "Don  Mateo" 
Keller.  His  son,  Henry  W.  Keller  .  .  long- 
time president  of  the  Automobile  Club  of 
Southern  California  .  .  sold  it  in  1890  to 
the  Rindges  for  S10  per  acre.  And  there 
begins  one  of  the  most  fantastic  dramas  in 
annals   of  California   land   laws. 

Frederick  Hastings  Rindge,  son  of  a  weal- 
thy Massachusetts  woolen  merchant,  came  to 
California  with  his  22-year-old  bride.  May. 
in  1887.  He  had  seen  Sorrento  and  Amalfi 
on  the  Italian  Riviera,  and  Nice  and  Monte 
Carlo  on  the  French  Riviera.  He  saw  in 
the  Topanga-Malibu-Seqnit's  coastline  the 
vision  of  an  American  Riviera  that  would  one 
day  rival  or  surpass  those  of  Europe.  So 
he  bought  it. 

This  was  California  in  the  frontier  days 
of  the  nineties  and  any  visions  of  a  Riviera 
development  must  have  been  projected  far 
into  the  future.  But  Rindge  found  time 
away  from  planting  and  watering  the  avenues 
of  palm  trees,  leading  to  the  canyon  promon- 
tory' where  he  hoped  to  build  his  own  home, 
to  dabble  in  business  ventures.  He  founded 
the  Conservative  Life  Insurance  Co..  fore- 
runner of  the  Pacific  Mutual,  co-founded  the 
Union  Oil  Co.  and  the  Southern  California 
Edison   Co. 

The  Rindges  were  troubled  with  trespass- 
ers almost  at  once.  Their  fences  and  locked 
gates  had  barred  the  settlers  of  Yerba  Buena 
Canyon,  just  north  of  The  Malibu,  from  any 
route  to  Santa  Monica.  John  Fitzpatrick  and 
his  neighbors  expressed  their  resentment  by 
shooting  the  locks  off  the  gates. 

In  those  early  days  there  was  some  water 
and  road  development  begun  on  The  Malibu 


with  the  grand  plan  in  view,  but  it  didn't 
get  very  far.  The  ranch  house  burned  down 
in  1903,  and  although  it  was  maintained  as 
a  working  cattle  ranch,  neither  Mr.  nor  Mrs. 
Rindge  ever  truly  resided  on  their  vast  feudal 
estate. 

But  on  his  death  bed  in  1905,  Frederick 
Hastings  Rindge  exhorted  his  wife  to  protect 
their  lands  from  intrusion  and  to  carry  forth 
the  ideal  of  a  great  American  Riviera.  This 
she  did  for  the  next  35  years  with  a  singular 
devotion  and  persistence  that  only  the  com- 
bined forces  of  the  United  States  Supreme 
Court  and  financial  collapse  could  bring  to 
bay.  As  the  Queen  of  The  Malibu  she  be- 
came admired,  respected;  hated  by  the  many; 
honored  if  not  loved  by  the  few  who  knew 
her.  But  actually,  even  though  she  was  in 
and  out  of  the  courts  and  newspapers  for 
three  decades,  no  one  ever  came  to  really 
know  her.  The  shroud  of  mystery  that  lay 
about  her,  the  rumors,  libels,  legends,  contra- 
dictions, still  go  unanswered  and  unsolved. 
Her  sons.  Samuel  K.  and  Frederick,  have  re- 
tired into  relative  obscurity.  Frederick  lives 
modestly  in  Latigo  Canyon  on  the  Malibu. 
Her  daughter,  Mrs.  Rhoda  Adamson,  as 
close-lipped  and  resentful  of  intrusion  into 
her  mother's  affairs  as  the  Queen  was  her- 
self, leaves  the  many  riddles  unsolved.  So 
do  the  nine  grandchildren  and  several  great- 
grandchildren. 

'".  .  .  A  young  man,  Fred  H.  Rindge,  ap- 
peared and  started  to  kick  dirt  into  the 
trench.  Then  his  mother,  Mrs.  May  K. 
Rindge,    and     her    daughter    appeared,     and 


•  Commuters  to  The  Malibu's  beautiful  estates 
have  the  advantage  of  a  streamlined  transporta- 
tion   service   .   .    when    not    chaufTeuring    the    car. 


they,  too,  started  to  kick  dirt  back  into 
the  excavation.  We  were  helpless.  Mrs. 
Rindge  had  10  Mexicans  with  her  .  .  .  some 
of  the  party  carried  fire  arms."  This  recital 
in  a  court,  many  years  after  it  had  happened 
in  1908,  by  a  homesteader  who  had  sought 
to  drain  a  slough  by  digging  a  trench  a  few 
hundred  yards  across  the  Queen's  domain,  set 
the  tenure  for  the  fierce  protection  of  her 
estate  that  characterized  the  whole  story  of 
the  Rindge  Ranch.  The  stately,  embittered 
Queen  would  fight  all  comers  at  all  odds, 
with  her  own  hands  or  with  the  army  of 
armed  Mexican  fence  riders  that  she  em- 
ployed. Such  passionate  devotion  to  the 
execution  of  her  husband's  injunction  could 
but  command  respect,  even  from  her  per- 
secutors. And,  indeed,  she  even  had  her  sym- 
pathizers, although  they  were  not  to  be  found 
among  those  who  had  been  blocked  by  her 
fences  from  enjoying  the  22  miles  of  Califor- 
nia coastline   that  she  hoarded. 

The  first  big  battle,  and  one  of  the  few 
in  which  the  Rindges  emerged  the  eventual 
victors,  began  before  Mr.  Rindge  had  died. 
The  Southern  Pacific  Railroad  sought  to 
establish  its  Los  Angeles  to  San  Francisco 
route  along  the  coastline,  traversing  the 
shores  of  The  Malibu.  In  fact  it  acquired 
the  rights  of  way  from  Santa  Monica  to  the 
very  fences  of  The  Malibu  and  actually 
laid  tracks  there.  But  this  intrusion  the 
Rindges  successfully  thwarted  by  the  simple 
expedient  of  establishing  their  own  20-mile 
private,  narrow  gauge  railroad  along  their 
own  coastline  .  .  thus  driving  the  S.  P.  to  its 
present  valley  route  as  far  as  Ventura.  They 
called  it  the  Hueneme  and  Malibu  and  Port 
Los  Angeles  Railroad,  as  Los  Angeles  Harbor 
came  very  near  to  being  located  at  Long 
Wharf,  just  south  of  The  Malibu,  instead 
of  at  San  Pedro.  But  it  did  not  connect 
with  any  other  common  carrier  .  .  onh 
produce  and  livestock  from  the  ranch  were 
shuttled  along  its  rails  to  waiting  ships  at 
the  old  pier.  As  late  as  1930  rusting  flat 
cars  could  be  seen  half  burried  in  the 
shifting    sands    along    The    Malibu. 

The  17-year  fight  that  the  Queen  of  The 
Malibu  waged  against  public  county  roads 
and  state  highways  across  her  domain  was 
more  hitter  and  considerably  less  successful 
than  the  railroad  coup.  She  sank  a  fortune 
in  attorneys'  fees  that  contributed  materially 
to  her  ultimate  bankruptcy.  When  at  last 
she  had  failed  and  the  first  version  of 
Highway  101,  the  Roosevelt  Highway,  was 
completed  and  opened  to  traffic  in  1928, 
the  sympathetic  Santa  Monica  Outlook  of 
December  9  of  that  year  said:  "Mrs.  May  K. 
Rindge  ...  is  silent  .  .  .  For  30  years  she 
has  attempted  to  keep  that  great  land  grant 
as  it  was  in  the  beginning.  It  was  her  prop- 
erty .  .  .  and  if  she  chose  to  let  it  lie  idle 
while  the  rest  of  Southern  California  became 
annexed   to    Iowa,    that's   her   business   .    .    ." 

Even  after  the  courts  had  established  the 
state's  right  to  eminent  domain  across  The 
Malibu  in  1923,  state  engineers  were  blocked 
by  the  drawn  pistols  of  the  indomitable 
Queen's  army  of  fence  riders.  In  order  to 
avoid  shooting,  the  engineers  and  their  escort 
of  sheriffs  officers  retreated  .  .  temporarily. 
The  Queen  had  lost  the  war  and  won  a 
scrimmage.  But  she  had  not  lost  it  until 
legal  actions  begun  in  1908  had  included  four 
that  had  gone  to  the  State  Supreme  Court 
and  two  that  had  reached  the  United  States 
Supreme    Court. 

The  completion  of  the  highway  brought 
new  troubles  to  the  now  aging  but  still 
spirited  and  determined  Queen  of  The 
Malibu.  Some  132  misguided  ex-servicemen 
scaled  her  fences  and  posted  squatters  claims 
upon  her  domain  under  a  homesteading  law 
which  gave  certain  rights  to  veterans  on  un- 
appropriated lands.  But  this  time  the  high 
courts   were   swift    in    upholding    the    legality 


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of    Spanish    land    grant    titles    .   .    and    hence 
ordered  the  eviction  of  the  poachers. 

The  troubles  of  the  harrassed  Queen  were 
not  all  her  own  doings.  There  were  bitterness 
and  selfish  interests  and  antagonism  even 
from  high  official  quarters.  Irate  judges,  dur- 
ing heated  court  sessions,  sometimes  threat- 
ened her  with  jail  for  contempt.  Many  felt 
that  the  $100,000  or  so  that  she  received  for 
the  main  highway  condemnation  was  further 
from  the  true  value  than  her  own  million 
dollar  claim.  And  by  the  time  the  state 
had  finally  won  its  condemnation  suit  for 
the  Roosevelt  Highway  it  had  changed  its 
planned  route  and  had  to  begin  legal  pro- 
ceedings all  over  again!  Mrs.  Rindge  had 
to  swallow  bitter  pills  concerning  lands  other 
than  those  of  The  Malibu.  An  oil  company 
had  paid  her  an  option  of  $75,000  for  her 
Robertson  Blvd.  and  National  Blvd.  holdings. 
Not  only  did  it  never  consummate  the  pur- 
chase, but  the  company  got  its  option  money 
back  in  a  court  action  after  the  city  had 
zoned  the  area  against  drilling. 

Litigation  and  the  slow  but  certain  dis- 
sipation of  her  personal  fortune  were  not 
permitted  to  completely  submerge  the  Queen's 
active  plans  for  the  development  of  an  Ameri- 
can Riviera.  In  1926  the  now  world-famous 
Malibu  motion  picture  colony  had  its  humble 
beginning  when  Mrs.  Rindge  leased  a  plot 
of  land  on  the  sand  to  old  time  movie  star 
Anna  Q.  Nilsson.  Soon  others  followed,  pay- 
ing $75  a  month  for  leases  that  had  reversion 
clauses  in  the  event  that  liquor  was  consumed 
in  ths  houses  that  the  lessees  would  build 
upon  her  property.  Access  to  the  Colony  was 
by  a  six-mile  private  sand  road  starting  from 
locked  gates  at  The  Malibu's  southern  edge. 
And  although  she  began  to  sell  the  leased 
land  in  the  thirties,  the  spirit  of  "Private 
Road,  Keep  Out"  still  prevails.  Today,  to 
enter  the  Colony  from  the  highway's  edge 
one  must  satisfy  a  private  guard  of  the 
legitimacy  of  one's  business  before  he  will 
raise  the  gate  arm  to  let  you  pass.  Highway 
travelers  are  affronted  on  their  left  and  right 
throughout  The  Malibu  by  warnings  of 
"Private  Road,  Keep  Out".  The  last  of  the 
private  ranchos  is  being  broken  up,  rather 
than  opened  up. 

However,  the  roster  of  the  hundred  or  so 
residents  of  the  movie  colony  of  today  and 
of  the  4,000  inhabitants  of  the  rest  of  The 
Malibu  area  does  indeed  read  like  a  Holly- 
wood Who's  Who.  It  includes  such  names 
as  Paulette  Goddard,  Merle  Oberon,  Warner 
Baxter,  Robert  Young,  Irene  (MGM  design- 
er) Gibbons,  Sir  Charles  and  Lady  Mendl, 
Clifton  Webb,  John  Considine,  Arthur  Horn- 
blow  Jr.,  Lillian  Gish,  Conrad  Nagel,  Joe  E. 
Brown,  Dennis  O'Keefe,  Gregory  Ratoff, 
Max  Factor,  Jr.,  Brian  Donlevy,  Joan  Davis, 
Pete  Smith,  Buddy  De  Sylva  and  Frank 
Capra. 

Surely  this  is  a  handsome  nucleus  for 
some    sort    of    an    American    Riviera,    though 


•  Construction  already  has  begun  on  the  beautiful  Malibu  Quarterdeck  Club  and  the  yacht  harbor 
that  will  boom  Malibu  as  the  American  Riviera.  Here  is  architect  Cliff  May's  interpretation  of  the 
playground    that    will    cater    to    movie    stars    and    others    with    a    two-thousand    dollar    membership    fee. 


perhaps  it  is  not  being  executed  just  as 
the  Queen  and  her  husband  would  have  done 
it.  Development  has  been  accelerated  since 
war's  end  and  new  subdivisions,  reminiscent 
of  the  twenties,  are  opening  up  one  after 
another  in  the  final  liquidation  of  the  Rindge 
estate. 

Life  on  The  Malibu  has  a  Riviera  flavor, 
too.  There  are  swimming  and  sunning  at 
the  head  of  the  list.  At  the  Colony's  edge 
sporty  residents  dive  for  abalone,  spear  fish, 
catch  lobsters,  hold  elaborate  grunion  parties 
in  season.  There  is  trout  fishing  in  Malibu 
Creek;  or  ocean  fishing  from  The  Malibu's 
sleek  pier  which  boasts  a  first-rate  restaurant 
and  swank  sport  shop.  There  are  stables 
and  thoroughbred  horses  and  beautiful  can- 
yons to  ride  in  .  .  mesas  to  explore  like 
Horse  Heaven  on  the  knolls  back  of  The 
Colony  which  was  once  a  rendezvous  for 
freely  ranging  Rindge  horses.  There  is  surf 
board  riding  by  the  pier  and  a  private  air 
field   is   in   the  planning. 

Although  hunting  is  not  allowed,  the  deer 
are  a  threat  to  the  lush  gardens,  even  down 
to  the  highway's  edge.  One  garden  has  3,000 
camelia  bushes.  There  are  ducks,  quail, 
doves,  foxes,  rabbits,  coyotes,  rattlesnakes 
and,  occasionally,  mountain  lions.  Fifteen 
miles  up  in  the  mountains  is  sporty,  fashion- 
able Malibu  Lake,  but  it  is  not  an  integral 
part    of    The    Malibu. 

And  then,  in  the  making  is  the  ultimate  in 
yacht  harbors. 

Twice  before,  yacht  harbors  along  The 
Malibu  have  been  planned.  The  Queen  her- 
self, when  she  first  opened  the  Malibu  La 
Costa  area  for  sale  in  1928,  included  a 
yacht  harbor  as  a  part  of  her  elaborate  blue- 
print for  what  amounted  to  the  second  real 
step  toward  her  Riviera.  But  depression  and 
the  jailing  of  promoter  Harold  G.  Ferguson 
left   the   plan    to    fade   on    the   blueprints. 

The  other  plan  was  reported  the  year 
before  by  the  Los  Angeles  Times.  One  Hiram 
H.  Helm  had  bought  the  Miller  Ranch,  just 
north  of  The  Malibu  across  the  Ventura 
County  line,  and  announced  his  own  Riviera 
scheme  to  be  called  Malibu  Palisades.  In 
addition  to  hotels  and  golf  clubs  and  homes, 
there  were  to  be  "fresh  water  lagoons,  a 
breakwater  and  yacht  harbor."  Nothing  more 
tangible  than  the  Times  story  remains  today 
in  evidence  of  this  man's  bursted  bubble. 

But  Cabrillo  and  the  Los  Angeles  Examin- 
er   both    picked    the    actual    spot    that    will 


accommodate  The  Malibu's  Quarterdeck  Club 
and  yacht  harbor,  already  under  construction. 
Cabrillo  selected  it  for  his  own  landing  place. 
And  the  Examiner,  just  20  years  ago,  on 
one  of  the  plush,  puffy  automobile  pages 
of  the  era,  reported  an  exploration  by  the 
Locomobile  Co.  of  the  soon-to-be-opened  Coast 
Highway.  Flatly  it  reported,  "A  new  bridge 
stretches  across  Malibu  Creek,  an  inlet  that 
will  someday  be  a  beautiful  yacht  harbor." 

Within  a  year  it  is  hoped  that  this  pre- 
diction will  have  become  a  reality.  Motor 
boats  and  yachts  of  club  members  should, 
by  then,  be  able  to  anchor  in  the  dredged- 
out  creek  delta.  And  in  another  year  the 
ultra-modern  Quarterdeck  Club,  designed  by 
Cliff  May,  should  be  abuzz  with  its  1000 
members  bent  upon  getting  their  two  thous- 
and dollars  worth  of  pleasure.  Plenty  of 
opportunity  will  be  offered  them.  Aside 
from  the  luxurious  club,  its  shielded  swim- 
ming pool,  sand  areas  and  guest  rooms, 
there  will  be  the  feature  attraction :  South- 
ern California's  only  harbor  owned  by  a  pri- 
vate club.  It  will  accommodate  750  small 
craft  in  the  inner  harbor  and  larger  vessels 
along  the  outer  breakwater.  Extra  fancy 
is  a  planned  two-story  boat  garage  equipped 
with  boat  elevators  and  providing  "valet" 
service  for  parking  all  kinds  of  pleasure  craft 
up  to  thirty-footers.  This  is  a  Riviera  develop- 
ment  of   no   mean    sort. 

The  Queen  is  dead,  but  a  Riviera  molded 
by  the  hands  of  others  will  rebound  to  the 
benefit  of  her  creditors,  with  perhaps  some- 
thing  left    over   for   her   heirs. 

She  might  have  saved  her  already  tottering 
personal  fortune  in  1928  or  1929  when  the 
Topanga-Malibu-Sequit  was  valued  up  to 
$100,000,000  .  .  some  500  times  what  her 
husband  paid  for  it.  But  sentiment  and  a 
stubborn  will  spelled  her  downfall.  She 
was  persuaded,  however,  to  take  one  small 
step  to  save  her  empire  .  .  ironically  it  only 
brought  her  more  misfortune.  Harold  G. 
Ferguson  had  talked  her  into  putting  the 
southwestern  corner  of  her  lands  on  the 
market.  Thus  it  came  about  that  the  Malibu 
La  Costa  sector  was  sub-divided  and  develop- 
ment was  planned  in  accordance  with  her 
own  elaborate  scheme.  She  floated  an  $8 
million  bond  issue  and  plans  were  drawn 
for  lush  clubs,  yacht  harbor  and  other  ac- 
coutrements of  a  proper  Riviera.  Lots  fan- 
tastically priced  at  $20,000  later  sold  for 
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S2,000  and   have  not  again   approached 

that  figure  even  in  these  inflated   days. 

Then  Ferguson  went  to  San  Quentin 
for  some  shaky  manipulations.  Depres- 
sion hit  and  the  bondholders  foreclosed. 
Ferguson,  of  course,  had  defaulted  on 
his  payments  and  Mrs.  Rindge  was 
saddled  with  a  S30,000  a  month  interest 
payment  on  the  bonds.  These  she  met 
as  best  she  could,  eventually  dissipating 
all  her  remaining  holdings  at  sacrificial 
prices.  Inevitably,  in  1936,  the  Queen 
of  The  Malibu  was  bankrupt. 

Once  again,  however,  the  last  of  the 
Spanish  Ranchos  was  saved  momen- 
tarily from  complete  disintegration. 
And  the  Queen  could  thank  the  law. 
Under  bankruptcy  legislation  passed  by 
the  New  Dealers,  reorganization  of  the 
estate  was  made  possible,  thus  avoid- 
ing forced  distribution  of  the  property 
among  the  creditors.  The  Queen  was 
allowed   a  hand  in   managing  it. 

But  in  December,  1940,  came  the  end 
of  an  era  in  California's  romantic  land 
history.  The  whole  of  the  remaining 
17,000  acres  that  had  first  belonged  to 
lose  Bartolome  Tapia  was  up  for  sale, 
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Three  months  later,  on  February  8, 
1941,  at  the  age  of  75,  Mrs.  May  K. 
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moral  responsibility  executed  with 
close-mouthed  dignity;  a  readiness  to 
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but  respected  by  all,  this  life,  great  in 
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As  if  in  desperate  haste  before  it 
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mansion  in  1932  .  .  at  a  time  when  her 
personal  fortune  already  was  in  a  threat- 
ened condition.  And  she  continued  to 
pour  money  and  marble  and  tile  and 
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of    her    final    bankruptcy. 

Then,  unfinished  and  never  lived  in, 
the  50-room  mansion  stood  idle  and  neg- 
lected for  more  than  five  years,  still 
needing  another  $100,000  to  complete 
it.  Not  until  Pearl  Harbor  time  was  it 
finally  sold  for  a  paltry  §50,000  to  the 
Franciscan  Order  to  become  today  the 
Serra  Retreat  for  Catholic  laymen. 

The  legends  of  the  Queen  persist. 
Like  the  fable  of  the  gold  plumbing 
fixtures,  a  monstrous  belief  has  sprung 
from  her  intention  of  installing  a. six- 
by-eight-foot  Roman  tile  bathtub.  The 
Los  Angeles  Times  in  1941  reported  it 
as  a  13-by-17  foot  tile  swimming  pool 
adjacent  to  what  was  to  have  been 
"Prince"  Frederick's  suite.  And  all 
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and  from  a  long  distraught  experience, 
she  could  roundly  deny  the  legend, 
which  reads:  "Even  a  fish  wouldn't 
get  into  trouble  if  he  kept  his  mouth 
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LOS   ANGELES,   CALIF. 


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for  that  softly  tailored  look. 
White  only.  Sizes  32-34-36.  §8.5 
Send    check   or   money    order   to 

BERTHA   STEPHENSON 


1521  S.  Troost 


Tulsa,  Okl 


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Sierra  Kool  of  Bemberg*  rayon 
. . .  prooides  saloos  of  color 
in  this  drape-sleeoe  original 
by  Violet  latum. 

MARSHALL  FIELD  6  CO.  •    CHICAGO 
I.  MAGNIN   %   CO.   •    LOS  ANGELES 


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SHEETS    AND   PILLOWCASES 


Bates  Looms  a  Lullaby  ...  Picture-book  pair,  on  the 

edge  of  dreams  .  .  .  with  Bates  silky,  sumptuous  comb-percales 

for  company.  Combing  .  .  .  the  luxury  process  used  on  Bates 

sheets  and  pillowcases  .  .  .  gives  these  their  gentler  texture. 

their  petal  touch,  their  almost  incredible  wearing  power.  To  go  with  them, 

Leslie  Marshall  designs  mother-daughter  pajamas  in  a  Bates  Big  'n"  Little  print: 
party  favors  copied  in  miniature  on  smooth,  soft-sleeping  broadcloth. 
BATES  FABRICS,  INC.,  80  WORTH  STREET,  NEW  YORK  13