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...Pear, a purebred Holstein heifer, got a thorough grooming. While they were watching the ceremonious cleanup, a hired man-or what most of the reporters at first took to be a hired man-ambled up to see what was going on. He was dressed in blue slacks, a blue denim sports shirt, white rubber-soled shoes, and a floppy Panama straw hat with its brim set at a rakish angle. In a quick doubletake, the reporters recognized the nation's best-known part-time farmer. After greeting his guests genially, Dwight Eisenhower approvingly examined the heifer, the gift...
...silk, with apron to match, for women who were forced to be their own maids. When Harper's Bazaar asked her to make something in which women could do their housework and still look smart, Claire obliged with the "Popover," a wraparound, coverall sort of dress in denim that sold for $6.95. Townley sold 75,000 of the first Popover model, and McCardell has had a variation of the Popover in every collection since...
...porters, who dress in blue denim jackets--a form of clothing outlawed by Patrick--feel the freshman proctors should be responsible for disciplining the under-dressed Yardling. And the proctors, who usually wear regulation suit coats, call this the porters...
Teen-Age Dance Session (Dan Terry & his Orchestra; Columbia LP). A big, smooth band follows the tradition of the swinging '305 in eight new tunes with teen-age titles (Denim Blues, Saddle Shoe Shuffle). Terry plays some pretty, growly trumpet, and the ensemble is fine...
Nevertheless, amid all the troubles, some companies are showing the way out. Deering, Milliken & Co., Inc. has pioneered in combining synthetic and natural fibers and has found profitable new markets. Cone Mills has profitably boosted denim for men's suits, curtains, etc. For many other companies mergers are probably the answer. Although it was profitably producing synthetics. Burlington Mills bought up Goodall-Sanford and Pacific Mills to diversify its cotton-and wool-producing facilities, thus have a hedge against the ups and downs in both the synthetic and natural fiber markets. Despite their troubles, textilemen believe that long-range...