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CHICAGO TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1964 Section 2 THE SCORE IC1 CLOTHES FOR MEN 's Time or If if' S-T-R-E-T-C-H BY MERRITT H. BARNUM STRETCH fabrics, which "give" as you move, are called one of the century's truly important developments for apparel. They will be seen in virtually every category of men's clothing this spring. The advantages of the use of fabrics with built-in stretch are particularly apparent in the fashioning of active, up-an-go One notable example is the use of easy-going stretch blends in the new spring golf jackets. These weaves assure complete freedom for your swing when you smash a drive down the fairway.

The new freedom concept has been carried over to sports shirts in cotton stretch weaves that yield freely with every movement. They will be seen mostly in stripes and checks in button-down collar styles. Free-and-easy stretch slacks will be available in all-cotton and cotton blends and in all-worsted and polyester-worsted fabrics. Stretch sweaters with new-found elasticity in the seams as well as in the knit bodies will make an appearance. And you'll see swim trunks in synthetic stretch weaves.

It should be noted that in all the sportswear mentioned the stretch feature is for hidden freedom and comfort and not for a skin-tight fit. Wool fabrics that stretch are now available for suits and for sports coats. All-wool worsteds designed to provide men's suits with as much as 15 per cent "give" at points of stress have been developed without altering the traditional "feel" of fine natural wool fibers. In these garments stretch has two significant advantages: First of all comfort! Woolens with built-in stretch, both vertically and horizontally, can be tailored into the most comfortable suits or sports coats you've ever worn. There's no constriction whatever at coat elbows, back or shoulders, no binding at trouser knees or seat when you're striding down the street or seated at your desk.

The second big advantage of a top-quality, true stretch weave once the fabric has moved with you, it shows remarkable recovery. It has what it takes to retain its original shape and neatness after a day's wear. Stretch weaves are expanding in other fields in men's wear. There are stretch denim blue jeans, stretch poplin raincoats, stretch pajamas, stretch seersucker dinner jackets. And, as reported in this column recently, the United States Olympic stars will be outfitted with stretch clothing when they go to the games in Tokyo in October.

East's Diamond Lack Wrecks South Early BY CHARLES H. GOREN Beatles Fans, Foes Jump on Merryfield Mail Wagon THAT COLUMN I did on the Beatles sure pulled the cork out of the soda pop! My mail is fizzing and fuming with messages from Beatle fans, who range in age from 9 to 70, plus a sprinkling of caustic notes from both adults and teens who don't like this mop haired, "pop" quartet from England. But most of the mail was wildly "Yeah, yeah, yeah!" That's why I felt we had to do a follow-up for all yon Beatle-bugs, but it'll have to be the last or I'll lose all my Wayne King followers! We reported earlier how teen-agers think the Beatles are "different," how they like "the beat of the electric guitars" and find Ringo Starr on drums the most. Now a new note creeps in. The current avalanche of letters makes it plain teens are sick and tired of sad.

sad songs and like the way the Beatles "blast off," "blow off the lid," make happy sounds. Teen Likes Fast, Happy Rhythm A TEEN-AGE GIRL from Elmhurst expressed the idea like this: "You can call me 'yc-yo' when the Beatles sing and play because I bounce I bounce all over the place. It's the fast, happy rhythm. It makes me want to dance, sing, smile, bounce, or do most anything but sit still. "Ever since last summer the popular music has been sad and the singers moan and suffer when they sing.

The Beatles are a relief!" A 26-year-old Chicago housewife and mother of two girls, ages 3 and 6, says lots of friends her age or older like the Beatles for the same reasons she does: "They're spontaneous and natural happy. I don't pay any attention to their offbeat looks. It's the happy beat I like. I think it's a wonderful let-out for teen-agers gives them a lift." She adds a P. "I would like to buy a Beatle wig for my husband but he would not wear it." Classical Musician Likes 'Em BEFORE YOU FALL over backwards in your rocking chair, read this from a "long hair" musician a woman over 70 who writes us from Lincoln, HI: "Don't beat the Beatles without analyzing their appeal is what I tell my friends.

It's the beat the heart beat, beat of African drums, beat of the Indian tom-toms. These boys don't know how to sing but they have pull. They're young, fresh, and sort of free and slap-happy. I've been all over the world as a classical musician and this kind of basic, happy music spells 'let go' for the kids." Whatever you call it "let-out," "let go," or "bounce around," the idea of happy instead of sad music permeates most of my Beatlemania mail. They Have Puckish Attitude WHEN I TALKED to Eddie Hubbard of W-G-N about It, he said, "No doubt about it, the Beatles do have a Puckish attitude toward life and their music.

Presley was serious. Not these limeys! "Maybe the teens are right about sad songs, too. Come to think of it, you don't hold your sides laughing over 'Linda with the Lonely Eyes, 'Molly, and 'Where Are AH the Flowers Gone?" We must set a 9-year-old girl from Munster, straight about that 50 million dollars that teens are expected to spend on wigs and other Beatle merchandise this year. That's the total amount for ALL teens thruout the country. Our 9-year-old writer was worried: "I wish to get a album and wig and pay for it with my own money.

But it would take me years to get 50 million dollars." TOMORROW: Moonlighters vs. Working Women. Patriotism and Defense Legion Auxiliary Topics BY IRENE POWERS heart return put West in to give his partner another diamond ruff, and East completed the damage by cashing the ace of clubs to set the contract. Looking at Hollywood Hedda Finds Stars Happy in Palm Springs HEDDA HOPPER HOLLYWOOD, March 17 So many of my friends have exited their palatial Bel Air and Beverly mansions to take up residence in Palm Springs, I had to see what magic had lured them away. I hadn't been there in years, so my visit was an eye-opener.

There were Red Skelton, a regular Luther Burbank of the desert, showing off his blooming camellias they said it couldn't be done; Harpo Marx and his wife scrubbing paint off their hands after turning out some beautiful canvases, and Bob Hope' doing what he likes to do best breaking up an audience at the WAIF ball, Nobody wanted to leave, so we didn't fall into bed until a quarter after three. RED SKELTON couldn't make it to the ball he was doing a benefit for the fire department. His home is one of the wonders of the west. You step thru huge entrance doors that once decorated Marion Davies' house into a luxurious place filled with fine paintings and beautiful objects of art; then into an unbelievable Japanese garden which Red has created with his own hands in less than a year. Some time ago in Japan he discovered bonsai trees and after much research now grows his own.

There's a bridge over a small stream and a teahouse where he listens to music and meditates. "If anybody does a mean or unkind thing, I come out here and remember five good things that person has done. By the time they're listed, the hurt is gone." "What if you can't think of anything good?" I asked. He gave me a sad look and said, "He's alive that's one." RED AND GEORGIA are in tune with the desert; it has changed their lives. When they first laid eyes on their house, it was theirs.

But Owner Bill Leeb, who'd lived there only two years, had no intention of selling. Red went to a couple of banks, closed out "small accounts," put the cash in his pocket and called on Leeb, who insisted he wouldn't sell. Red counted out $125,000 cash and asked, "Does this interest you?" Before you could say "Freddie the freeloader" they were in escrow. Red drove me over to see his neighbor, Harpo Marx, who'd put a delicate yucca plant on a tiny canvas. I came home with an original Harpo.

The Marx home was designed for four children it's open to the sky. His harp sits in a corner of the huge living room, and he plays it two hours daily. Red Skelton Jane as dressy as any affair at the Both vulnerable. South deals. NORTH A 10 3 65 0 10 7 2 A 8 5 2 WEST A 86 Q94 0 J8653 973 EAST A K97 10 8 7 2 0 None A A 10 6 4 SOUTH A A 5 4 2 A J3 0 A 94 A The bidding: South West North East 1 A Pass 1 NT 2 3 A Pass 4 A Pass Pass Pass Opening lead: Four of The game contract in spades bid by North and South in today's hand is a reasonable undertaking on the basis of the combined holdings.

North's final call of four spades is something of a stretch, however, since he barely has the six high card points required for his original response, and South's jump rebid in spades is not unconditionally forcing. West opened the four of hearts, East played the king, and de clarer won the trick with the ace. He led a diamond to the king in dummy in order to attempt the spade finesse; however, East administered a rude jolt to South when he trumped with the seven of spades. A AOVEKTISEMENTl NEW WAY TO BE SUDDENLY SLIM FOR EASTER Los Angeles: Are you a woman whose figure is on the good side but might look perfect? YouH be thrilled by the new easy way science has discovered for you to become Suddenly Slim and yet completely comfortable. If you're more than 15 pounds overweight, then this idea is not for you.

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It's surr rounded by a slimming action border. A feathersb'tched panel down each side of this girdle will contour your hips if they are a problem. The girdle itself is of a "wonder? Lycra spandex blend. It's a new power net consisting of nylon, acetate and spandex. It is go comfortable, but has such slimming strength, it gives your figure everything that possible with a foundation.

"Suddenly Slim? in both girdle and panty versions, is the peak achievement of the California designer-genius, Olga. They are available in our area at Oak Park Evanaton 1(0 North Michigan Park Forest 700 North Michigan South was admittedly unlucky to run into the extremely bad diamond break, but it was a somewhat risky proposition to open that suit up so early in the play when one of the op ponents was apt to be short. Another and safer means of gaining access to dummy is via a heart ruff. Observe the effect obtained by South if he permits East to hold the first trick with the king of hearts. The West hand becomes permanently retired from the play and East is unable to inflict any damage thru his own efforts.

Suppose that he returns a heart. South plays the ace and then trumps his last heart to enter the North hand. The spade finesse is taken, and declarer may if he chooses overtake the ten of spades with his jack in order to cash the ace. The defense will be restricted to a maximum of three tricks one spade, one heart, and one club. Phllharmonia WlllS Reprieve; Players Plan to Carry On LONDON, March 17 UP) One of Britain's finest post-war symphony orchestras tonight won itself a reprieve from the threat of extinction.

The 65 regular players of the Philharmonia announced that they planned to carry on, forming their own company and providing much of their own financing. The Philharmonia was founded in 1945 and quickly won an international reputation. Mounting costs and the difficulty of obtaining top players brought an announcement last week from the orchestra's founder, Walter Legge, that it would be suspended indefinitely after current commitments have been fulfilled. An announcement said Otto Klemperer, German-born principal conductor, has agreed to stay on with the musicians now to be known as the Phil harmonia Symphony Orchestra, Ltd. APwe Rich 1890 is the Dressing Pretemd v5r 1890 by ChildrwWnrciM, irsA rwrw Long HOW TO' down with Columbia Producer Bill Frye and Jimmy Wharton, and met my pal, Phyllis Tucker, of Burlingame, at the heavenly home of Melba and Frank Bennett where we were house guests.

The Bennetts are the most friendly, outgiving couple I've met lately. They owned and ran the Deep Well ranch for 20 years and wuT be leaving Palm Springs for Santa Barbara next month to take over by lease the famous San Ysidro inn. Many of their best friends are movie stars: "We adopted Bob Taylor on sight. Walt Disney was with us for years. Before Gower Champion accepts a job, he writes us." MELBA, NAMED FOR her mother's favorite opera star, is a go-getter.

We arrived as she was finishing the WAIF ball decorations and found ourselves on the work crew sticking candles into their holders. She and twelve other board members promoted 150 hats, plus enough flower and ribbon to decorate them, and spent days in her garage turning them into chic straw bonnets I'm wearing one now to raise money for babies. Jane Russell, Connie Stevens, and Beryl Davis did their act; Hope told some inside politic jokes; and Mayor Frank Bogart gave away the door prizes. At our table were the Norris Goffs of Lum Abner. He may do a picture for Disney.

I hadn't seen him in donkeys years. Also the Harold Hicks. He's a big man in Palm Springs owns the waterworks. I saw the Clarence Browns, and Bob Cummings. The Leo Owens he publishes a chain of small town newspapers picked, op the check for the party, so everything the girls raised was gravy.

EEP YOUR CHILD WELL BY T. R. YAN DELLEN. M. D.

which Mrs. Cyril H. Brown presided in clubrooms in the Lake View building. Spring was in the songs of Michael Cousins, the young baritone who took top honors at the last Chicago-land Music Festival and subsequently in the Artists' Advisory council auditions. The season materialized as Mrs.

Leo L. Donahoe created an artistic arrangement of St Patrick's day "Irish green." Harbingers of summer and the music camps for youngsters sponsored by the Illinois Federation of Women's Gubs were Mrs. David C. Slagle, district music chairman; Mrs. Henry S.

Schorr, district president, and Mrs. Brown. Mrs. Schorr presented Mrs. Slagle with a camp scholarship in honor of Mr.

and Mrs. Philip Maxwell, and Mrs. Brown gave one in her husband's name. The day's special guests brought echoes from McCor-mick Place and last week's Chicago World Flower show. They were Mrs.

Edwin S. Hewitt, president of the Garden Club of Illinois, which staged the "Glories of Illinois" section of the exhibition; Mrs. Raymond Bohne, vice president, and Mrs. Raymond Knotts, one of the state club's veterans and mainstays. Another honored guest was Mrs.

H. L. Berthold I. F. W.

C. garden chairman. Golden Anniversary United Church Women, the women's division of the Church Federation of Greater Chicago, is to announce plans tomorrow for special 50th anniversary events. Mrs. Lester J.

Sene-challe will preside at a planning brunch in the 5th floor conference room of the Lake View building. The mayor has proclaimed 1964 the United Church Women's golden jubilee year. Anniversary events will include the first U. C. night at the Chicago Sunday Evening club on April 19.

Oimaxing the celebrations will be a May 1 fellowship day luncheon and retrospective program in Mc-Cormick Place. Americanism, national security, and civil defense programs oi tne American Legion auxiliary in Illinois will be on dress parade here tomorrow at the department's 39th annual Patriotic conference. The meeting, drawing state division, and district leaders Mrs. Roman who direct the three main phases of auxiliary activity, together with some 800 unit delegates, will convene at 9:30 a. m.

in the Morrison hotel, with Mrs. Homer Roman of Macomb presiding. Each committee will present a guest speaker. Carter Davidson, editorial director for WBBM-TV, the former executive director of the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, will speak on practical approaches to security. Paul H.

Winckler, regional deputy director of civil defense, will show a new film, "Town of the Times," dealing with fallout shelters in public buildings. The Americanism program will be given by Val Gould. An entertainer, Mr. Gould has developed a dramatic reading threaded with humor which is intended primarily for young people. His program brings out the basic differences between the American principles of government and communism.

Department chairmen will Introduce the speakers, correspondingly, Mrs. Harry Ward of Washington, Mrs. Clarence Sandberg of Joliet, and Mrs. John Keith of Anna. Honored guest and speaker at lunch will be Mrs.

Omar J. Mc-Mackin of Salem, former Illinois department president now national vice president of the auxiliary serving the nine states of the central division. Outdoor Art League It being too nippy to venture out, the Outdoor Art league entertained spring inside yesterday at a program-tea over If 1 Russell Harpo Marx I took the freeway Waldorf. Show 1944 Film "To Have and Have Not," a 1944 film, wDl be shown at 7:45 p. m.

in i-uuerton nau ac tne Institute. General admis- sion is 80 cents. ABVEKTISLMENT I Make your homekeeping easier Read the time-and-step-saving article no homekeeper should miss, in April Better Homes Gardens magazine. If you feel when day is done, nothing else is, you're not alone. The secret to keeping house is in the planning.

You work smarter, not harder. Decide what's really important, and find shortcuts. Don't use leg work when you can phone. Tips and tricks you should know, in April Better Homes Gardens on sale now! SLOW CHILDREN MAY NOT BE RETARDED TOO MANY CHILDREN ARE CLASSIFIED as retarded because they are slow at school or cannot accomplish tasks usually done at their age level. They may have been so tagged by an inexperienced teacher or other person.

This has a devastating effect on the moral fiber of parents and child. I No tot should oe piacea in this category without professional examination. A two-year project at the Oklahoma Child Study center disclosed that half of the 800 children sent to the center for presumed mental retardation were wrongly labeled. Dr. Harris D.

Riley professor of pediatrics, found that 373 of the group tested proved to be of normal or near-normal intelligence. More than 5 per cent were of superior intelligence. But about one-half of those Elects Officers The Better Films Council of Chicagoland will elect officers Friday afternoon in Loop center of the Young Women's Chris- tian association Why that extra weight maynotbefat! Pre-menstrual "water fogging" can add from 2 to 7 pounds to your weight. If every month your weight goea up, yon feel stuffy and bloated, you are most likely suffering from pre-menstrual water togging. Your body takes on extra water that puts pressure on delicate tissues causing headaches and nervous irritability.

That's when the new medical discovery Pamprin helps your body to adjust to your period by gently relieving of extra water and weight. It also relieves hesdaches and cramps during your period. Pamprin contains no hormones, narcotics or harmful sedative. It is a combination of medically proved ingredients that have helped thou-sands of women get wonderfully effectiv relief. Oct rampnn ai wolqraaas.

I mmzr i with a normal I. Q. were suffering from perceptual disorders: 24 per cent had reading and writing difficulties dyslexia; about 20 per cent were hard of hearing; others had speech defects. Most of these disturbances are correctable or amenable to treatment. Sunday: Eye Development in Babies The "Healthy Child" pictured above is Susan Elizabeth Davis at-age 216 years.

She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Foster E. Davis, 1225 RandaU Traverse City. Mich.

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