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...appeared as a creamily blonde "25-year-old doll," reported San Francisco Chronicle Columnist Terrence O'Flaherty. How was it done? "A strip of strong, finely woven net is glued along the temple and down almost to the middle of the ear. Tiny hooks are secured to the lace and then the face is made up, hiding everything . . . Rubber bands are looped over the hooks and tied together on top of the head. The tighter the tie, the less the skin dangles at the chin line. The hair is combed back over the rubbers and voila! Madame...
...short themselves at one point in the third period, the Mules were able to lace another marker into the Crimson nets when a Colby penalty-killer deflected one of Harvard's clearing passes to a teammate who drove the puck past Crimson goalie Willy Henderson. In a last-ditch attempt to stay in the game, Harvard began to emphasize offensive play at the cost of defense. But the Colby center was able to jump the Crimson defensemen, and with an assist from a wing, shot the puck into the cage for the Mules' final tally...
...that." She charges. Dobie for help with his homework, gets 7? a sentence for a parse job, 10? apiece for the provinces of Canada, 80? to tell who fought in the Hundred Years' War. Her earnings buy forbidden lingerie. "Some day I will be allowed to wear black lace underwear," Red Knees explains, "and when that day comes, buster, I mean to be ready...
...sight. Writes the mellowing top-hatter: "What is this age bit that goes on about actors and athletes, anyway? . . . For some years I've been looking for the quitting signal . . . the time when the years would simply show too much, even if they photographed me through three lace curtains . . . It's nice to hear, 'How does the old boy do it ... why isn't he falling apart?' And all that jazz ... In fact, I feel a lot better than when I was belting around at eighteen...
...verge of a new era of luxury and individuality in clothing, in which shoppers at every price level prefer one good article to two shoddy ones. Taking dead aim at achieving an "opulent look," Sondheim and other manufacturers have gone in heavily for velvet, lace, brocade and other elegant fabrics in evening and cocktail dresses, have used fur trim lavishly. The dressier clothes cost more, promising retailers both higher unit and dollar volume. Fur Pants. Another place where the luxury look shows up is in the rising popularity of elegant casual costumes. Many top fashion houses are showing jacket...