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Wednesday, April 1, 1970 College Station, Texas Page 3
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April Showers—
But No Flowers?
Schol!
Something is missing this
spring. It’s hard to define and
it almost eludes observation, but
the fact is, there are no flowers
in College Station.
The flowering fruit and red
bud trees are doing a nice job of
camouflaging the lack of color
. . . what would, the place look
like without them? What will the
place look like without them?
They’re beautiful now, but they
don’t last long.
It’s a little early for some
flowers; sure. But where are all
those that grow best in early
spring? Jonquils, narcissus, some
lilies, crocuses, pansies, violets,
daffodils, and iris should be go
ing strong.
There are a few lovely excep
tions, but isn’t it strange that
flowers are the exception rather
than the rule in this type of cli
mate ? College Station is half
way between Austin, where blue
bonnets, Indian pinks, and butter
cups grow with absolutely no hu
man intervention, and Houston
with its abundance of bougain-
villa, hibiscus, firecracker, bottle
brush, shrimp-plants and all sorts
of semi-tropical blooms.
What is possibly more discour
aging than the waste of a condu
cive climate is the waste of a
creative pastime, one that serves
a community as well as individual
families.
The type of neighborhood
doesn’t seem to be a factor. Some
of the loveliest new houses, sport
ing grass in bad need of mowing
and healthy shrubbery have not a
single patch of color. The other
wise well-tended older houses are
the same. The poorer homes have
no flowers planted to disguise
their shabbiness.
It’s also hard to understand
why apartment owners show no
concern over the visual image
their yards project. The alterna
tive is for the residents to go
out and plant, but the thought
rarely occurs. In some places it
has been done, though, and the
results are rewarding.
Seedlings are on sale now in
various stores throughout town,
even supermarkets. Of the an
nuals which bloom one season
and then die, sunflowers, morn
ing glory, petunias, periwinkle,
zinnias and pansies can be plant
ed now to bloom later this spring
or summer. The perennials, which
bloom year after year, include
anemones, sweet peas and pop
pies.
The U. S. Department of Ag
riculture has booklets and charts
on every almost anything you
might want to plant, and A&M
should be the perfect place to
get lots of free advice on how
to make what grow where.
Although the early signs indi
cate a bleak summer, it’s not too
late.
Color Light,
Color Bright
Color, color, color.
COLOR.
Spring color, 1970, is soft. It’s
lavender, dusty rose, pale blue.
Color ’70 is rather grand-
mother-y. Celadon, grey, indi
go blue and grape.
Mauve Decade . . . anything
lilac goes. Purple, hyacinth,
orchid, plum, violet, eggplant?
. . . anything.
Color ’70 is fresh neutral. It’s
grey, taupe, bamboo, ecru, string,
and is set off by black or white.
Crisp.
Color Bright ... if it’s green,
it should be jade. If it’s red,
poppy or pimento. If it’s yellow,
buttercup. Just as pure color
and as vibrant as you can get.
Primary Color . . . persian
blues, piercing clear.
All these colors to go with the
new idiom in fabrics. To be
tried in the house as well as the
wardrobe.
Colors are soft, clear and sen
suous because the fabrics are.
Any cloth that gives a soft tac
tile sensation is a good bet for
fashion this spring. Crochets,
panne-velvets, velours, crepes,
sheer wools, chiffons. If great-
aunt Lily’s things haven’t dis
integrated by now in the cedar
chest, they would be perfect.
That’s the idea.
It’s the perfect year for the
feminine. A year not without
slink, translated as a demure
cling and fragile, flowing mo
tion. Be a flower. Try it, it
promises to bring a lot of joy
to spring.
Eyes right . . . speaking of
makeup this year. So what is
the “right eye” this time ? Every
year or so a new revolution in
makeup, especially eye-makeup,
comes along. Everyone knows
that it is probably more essen
tial to the economics of the in
dustry than to the betterment of
mankind, but even so it would be
really dull if girls looked exactly
the same year after year.
Well, as usually happens, it’s
tremendously flattering — for
those with already beautiful eyes
and long, gorgeous lashes. For
the rest of us a little money
should help, plus a lot of time
and patience.
The way the eye looks is natu
ral, wide-awake and happy. The
first way to achieve it is to drop
eyeliner ... no more lines of
any type around the eye This
is where the thicker lashes are
essential. There are mascaras
on the market with lash length-
eners and lash thickeners added
to them.
This is best for daytime, al
though light-weight false lashes
are in good taste too. The false
lashes, however, slould be the
new type, which have no built-in
liner base. The new base is
transparent or so thin that it
looks like real lashes. They are
shaped differently from the old
style, too, with lashes of differ
ent lengths for a more natural
feathery look.
Eyeshadow should be in light,
bright colors. White is out. In
stead, use a pale, frosted pink or
cream color for the same effect
under the brow. The days of
white, brown, white shading in
the eye area are gone.
The eye is divided in three sec
tions. Right under the eyebrow,
use the palest pink to give the
appearance of a higher brow
line. On the lid, use a colored
shade and right above the lid, in
the natural hollow, emphasize
depth with a darker shade of the
same color.
The mascara on the lower
lashes should be a shade lighter
than on the upper lashes to avoid
a harsh look.
Eyebrows should be played
down . . . not darkened much
and not strongly shaped. Fol
low the natural lines of your
own brow rather than trying to
make them look like someone
else’s.
Hair and hats should also be
played down to balance the more
subtle eye. Necklines should be
opened up and eased up to
emphasize the “open” face.
The main benefit of changing
styles when fashion changes
comes from taking advantage of
the best aspects of the style for
you and disregarding the rest.
Models in the magazine don’t
strictly follow the rules of their
own industry, so there is no rea
son to expect anyone else to.
The thing to do is to be totally
honest when analyzing your face.
Don’t do something to it that is
not truly flattering, just because
that something is in style. The
best of style is not always in
the best of taste, if it’s not suit
ed to the individual.
A.G. Martin
Speaks on
Drug Abuse
AUSTIN W — If young Amer
icans keep turning to drugs, they
will “turn over a nightmare world
to their children,” Atty. Gen.
Crawford (Martin said Tuesday.
Martin spoke at the first meet
ing of the Crime and Narcotics
Advisory Commission, a study
group of nine created by the
legislature last year to consider
public school teaching on the
dangers of crime and narcotics.
Martin said the most impor
tant decision this generation of
young people will ever make is
the one they make about the use
of drugs.
“But it will be their decision,
and no one else’s.
“They can tune off the world
if they want—or they can work
for a better one,” Martin said.
The attorney general said
studies in drug abuse will be
going on for years, but two major
facts have already become prom
inent:
“One, drugs cause crime . . .
The addict has to have money
to support his habit, which can
cost $100 a day or more. And
the way he gets that money is
by stealing. ... So the addict
will steal.
“The second big fact about
drugs is that they are danger
ous .... and when they do not
kill, they cripple minds. . . .
“So all of this is the sobering
message that somehow must be
got across to the boys and girls
in our schools, if an entire gen
eration of America is to be
saved,” Martin said.
ITALIAN COCKTAIL DRESS—A cocktail dress of black,
gold embroidered organdy was presented at the Rome
spring-summer fashion show this year. The creation is
by the Tita Rossi fashion house of Rome, using the new
look of combining a midi-length tunic with pants. (AP
Wirephoto)
An hors d’oeuvre is an appetiz
er that is served as finger food or
fork food at the beginning of the
meal. It may be as simple as a
cheese canape or as elaborate as
thin pancakes stuffed with a sea
food sauce.
Clock Socks, Pantyhose Click Up Heels
By Vivian Brown
AP Newsfeatures Writer
If a mouse isn’t careful about
which clock he runs up this
spring, he might get quite a
shock. The clock might walk.
The message for spring from
stocking manufacturers is clock
designs — both on new sheer
knee socks and the popular
pantyhose.
Floral clock designs got up the
side of the knee socks that are
'available in muted patterns and
sheers with ribs. Colors include
pink, white, light blue, lilac,
coral.
The eye of the future fea
tures, “wrap-around” eye
shadow, applied in the area
outlined by the dotted line,
going under the eye as well
as on the top lid.
In addition to clock ornament
ed pantyhose, there are some
that sport racing stripes. And
you don’t have to be a member
of the horsey set to enjoy the
colorful side stripes — black,
white, brown, navy, pink, peri
winkle, blue, melon, and violet.
The popular bodystockings,
that provide the irreducible min
imum dressing effort in under
pinnings, are also available in
bright colors. New print, lace
and rib designs go merrily from
toe to neck. Young people may
wear the bodystocking as outer
wear or add a skirt, vest or
jewelry. Let’s say that a little
something added will give the
outfit individuality.
It was the pace-setting under-
20 set who started the trend to
body stockings and pantyhose.
The establishment quickly took
a look-see. Thin types could
work themselves into the hip-
hugging pantyhose, but hippier
homemakers had difficulty when
they tried to fit the panty part
around their capacious pos
teriors.
When a main dish is called
“creole style,” it usually contains
onion, green pepper and toma
toes.
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