Motion Picture (Aug 1938-Jan 1939)

Ti Darlin' — AFTER a whole montli of Hollywood fashion snooping, I've come to two conclusions: you either wear a plain dress and a lot of costume jewelry, or a "different" dress fancy enough tor a costume hall. . . Maureen O'Sullivan is an advocate of both ideas! We lunched together at Sardi's the other noon, and Maureen was wearing a tricky-looking out hi copied after a Cossack's uniform. The long sleeved, high-necked coat of white flannel was fitted in at the waist and fastened down the front with black frogs. The skirt was heavy black crepe — flared and quite short. Her very tall, white felt Cossack hat was trimmed with black braid. Honestly, if she hadn't been sitting there calmly eating her salad, I might have expected her to break into a dance any minute . . . She told me that with her a fancy dress is unusual — she generally goes tor the simple frocks pepped up with blight buttons and gadgets. And then she gave me an idea for using charm bracelets that you're tired of wearing on your arm. . . Maureen takes four of these bracelets and fastens them in loops across the front of a black wool dress — two on either side of the center neck opening. Smart people, these Irish! ''HE town has gone completely daffy about jewelry — so there are going to be a lot of charm bracelets left over to do things with. And earrings, too. Luise Rainer was lunching not far from us, and I noticed the clever old-gold pendant she was wearing on her suit lapel. It was one of those things that looked like another jeweler could retire for life. But on the way out, Luise stopped ami asked me how I liked her earring. And that's what it was! She said she does that all the time — fastens one of her many ear ornaments in the neck or lapel of her costume. . . The idea is going to be a godsend to me — 'cause I seem to have dozens of singles lying around. I never did learn the knack of spending an evening in a rumble seat and coming home with both earrings. . . Rut don't you think you have to spend money for your dress ornaments. Maureen and I both remarked how utterly smart Rosalind Russell looked with her brown wool dress and gold necklace. But when Rosalind sat down she confessed just what her "necklace" was. Yards of ordinary dimestore electric light chain — the kind you'll find hanging from any back porch light socket. . . (Of course, your gal friend, Chic, immediately made a mental note to ask grandma the next time 1 see her just what she did with some of those old-fashioned gadgets when she had her house modernized.) T ITTLE Cecilia Parker came in with Joan Blondell *-■ — so they gathered around to add to the noonday gossiping. . . While I sat there wondering how I Could eat my strawberry shortcake and still get into a dress with a waist as tight as the dirndl Cecilia was wearing. . . This popular type of peasant dress is being adopted by all feminine Hollywood — everything from beach wear to formal. Cecilia's might be called the in-between stage. It was made of heavy silk crepe, the waist of beige and the skirt of mouse brown. With the tight waist swathed in a girdle of Roman striped silk. . . But the blouse buttons were the note that caught my eye. . . Blue glass in the form of Dutch shoes, they were filled with brilliant clusters of glass flowers. . . Cecilia told us that she has taken up wood carving — simply because she likes variety in buttons and lapel ornaments. The latest thing to take shape under her carving knife is a lapel ornament in the shape of a yacht with real white linen sails. . . Joan Blondell would rather talk baby clothes right now than anything else — but she did forget them long enough to show us the clever triple handbag she was carrying. . . Of black antelope, Joan's purse consists of three small bags, graduated in size and fastened to a gold chain handle, and decorated with gold initialed clasps. A LOT more movie gals were lunching there, but T didn't have much time to go table-hopping and hod out what they were wearing. 'Cause 1 had a terrifically heavy date coming up for dinner and dancing at the Victor Hugo — so I had to go snatch that quick hair-do and manicure. . . But I did manage to snatch a look at Marsha Hunt as 1 went by, and saw that her lapel ornaments were tiny figures made of blown glass. . . I'll have to admit I didn't notice very much in the way of fashions at the Victor Hugo that night. Mile. Chic MARVELOUS FOR COMPLEXIONS, TOO! You'll want to use this pure, creamywhite soap for both face and bath. Cashmere Bouquet's lather is so gentle and caressing. Yet it removes dirt and cosmetics so thoroughly, leaving your skin clearer, softer . . . iore radiant and alluring TO KEEP NOW ONLY 1 1 at drug, department, ten-cent stores -BATHE WITH PERFUMED ty CASHMERE BOUQUET SOAP When Answering Advertisements, Please Mention August MOTION PICTURE