Modern Screen (Dec 1949 - Nov 1950)

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Not that he will ever publicly acknowledge the existence of any strain between him and Dixie. He will carry on as he always has, seemingly indifferent. He will not try to compensate for the emergence of this "breakup" publicity by posing with his family in any series of happy home -life layouts. He is much too sharp for that. He will go his own way, saying nothing of his private life. Over the years it's been his policy to offer no refutation to his critics. Last year, for example, a national magazine published an article in which the author maintained that Bing had lost his voice and for artistic purposes at least, was washed up. Many persons urged Bing or his brother Larry, in charge of the Crosby public relations, to offer a stinging rebuttal. Bing would have none of it. Say nothing is his dictum, and the criticism will die. Say something and you increase its momentum. Dixie believes in an identical policy. In the months to come therefore, silence will be the keyword as regards the BingDixie relationship. Bing was genuinely alarmed at the worldwide shock created by the separa ti°n ut0ry' You can bet y°ur last copper that he will take corrective measures In his whole, hectic, thrill-jammed life, Der Bingle has never made the same mistake *™lce The End City ♦Offer good only in U. S. .State jane powell dresses for glamor {Continued from page 41) night before especially for us— me, and Brucie and Kathryn, her fitters.) 'Talking and laughing still, she slips out Aof her smart little suit and marches right to the closet to hang it up, and then she says, "Kiddo, this dress is going to be blue, isn't it?" "Of course," I tell her. "You know I always include at least one blue dress." Janie adores blue — maybe because it's her most becoming color. I remember how disappointed she looked when we were working on her clothes for Nancy Goes to Rio. I'd included all the other colors so becoming to her blonde hair and tanned skin— pink, yellow, gray, lavender, cocoa and white, but nothing had been said about blue. She'd been fitted to all the dresses and was ready to put on her street clothes and her smile had faded a little. So I nodded to Brucie, and Brucie brought out the blue dress. The light went on in Janie's eyes. The dress was a simple gingham one with embroidered organdy, but to Janie it was "The" dress of the picture. One of Janie's new suits for fall will be blue. Janie has designed her own clothes for years, but this time we worked them out together. The suit (sketch B) has a blue and white wool bolero, with the blue in it picked up by the bright wool skirt. Surprisingly enough, boleros are very becoming to Jane. Most little girls have to be extremely wary of boleros or they risk looking like penguins. When cut a few inches below the bust-line, though, they make the legs look longer and consequently add height to the entire figure. Another nice thing about a bolero and skirt suit is that either can be worn separately with no loss of attractiveness. In the midst of the fitting, Janie shot out her hand and said, "Look, kiddo, what do you think of my sensational nails?" "Sensational," I said, and they were — long, beautifully shaped, and with a pink coral polish. It was only two or three years ago that Janie stopped biting them down to the quick. That was B.G. (Before Geary). Love can certainly have a wonderful influence. It even influenced Janie's choice of clothes. You can't wear a sweater and a skirt to a dance can you, when you're with an older man? (Geary was all of 22.) So Janie learned another valuable lesson when she started going out with him; she learned where to wear her clothes. You dont find her getting all gussied up m an evening gown for an informal party. She s more likely to choose a dress like the one in sketch A. That one's an electric blue taffeta combined with net. Black is too solemn for anyone of Janie's size and age, but dark blues, dark greens and cocoa are fine for informal evening clothes. Tante doesn't have many evening gowns the Steffans don't do much night-clubbing but Janie requires long gowns occasionally for premieres and personal appearances. In the summer, she prefers white in those wonderful, feminine fabrics like marquisette, organdy, net or voile. In the fall and winter she's more careful in her choice of materials. Brocade, as she will tell you, makes her look like an "overstuffed davenport." But taffeta, combined with net makes her look like a Dresden doll. Like all girls, Janie discovered that when there's a man in your life, you dress to please him. Geary doesn't care much for slacks. Janie has one pair of black velveteen slacks which she wears informally at home. "They're not bad," says Geary hesitantly, but Janie knows he prefers skirts. What can be more feminine than the lovely, full skirt of a housecoat? Janie herself, can't resist them. And Geary knows, when she wears one, that she's dressing especially for him. This year, Janie and I got together and thought up the housecoat in sketch D. It's blue with red dots, and the lining is red with white dots. A little cape forms sleeves in the front. Geary ought to like that fine Another thing made especially for Geary is the gold wool skirt and white blouse in sketch E. Geary likes anything as long as it s yellow. "I'd wear yellow even if it made me look like a custard pie," says Janie. Fortunately, it's a wonderful color against her skin and hair. Geary's birthday present to Janie last year was a yellow bathing suit. "However did you know what size to get me?" she asked. "Well, I asked the clerk to show me some yellow bathing suits, and I kept saying 'no' until she got down to the smallest one m the store, and I said, 'That's it!' " It couldn't have fitted her better. But Geary was lucky. Not many stores carrv size 8. GJo Janie simply had to get one golden skirt for fall. Not many girlg nf .Tanio'c