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It’s an interview with an eminent beauty specialist, and it ought to help most of us! “When you turn your back on the world, be sure it is a beautiful one,” advises Ruth Murrin, beauty editor of Good Housekeeping. “Backless evening gowns, tennis dresses and bathing suits lose their allure when they disclose scrawny or too thickly upholstered shoulder blades, a pad of fat at the neck, or the deep S curve in the spine at the waistline. Good Posture Needed Good posture, and careful habits of sitting and standing are necessary if you want beautifully modelled shoulders and a straight, strong back. If you have been careless, here are some exercises that will not only promote beauty of the back, but give you greater grace and simplicity, and improve your health generally: Exercise I—Sit on the floor with both knees bent and your Shirtwaist Frocks In Prints Most of us think of shirtwaist dresses as necessarily made of seersucker, gingham, Men's shirt or striped silk. The sturdier materials seem suited to the tailored lines of the frocks. That's true. But they can be lovely in softer fabrics, too. Shopping yesterday, I saw some of the smartest dresses I’ve seen so far, made of extremely fine and soft printed cotton in broken dot design, red with black and white dots, or navy with red and white figures. There was the usual tailored collar, but in addition a soft frill down the front. The effect was tailored, but slightly feminine, too, and very pleasing. The Navy Won As for me, I couldn’t resist them, as they were but $3.95. It was hard to choose between the vivid red, which was about as cheerful a frock as I’ve ever seen, though in good taste, for it would be grand for Sundays at home, and the navy, which would be better at the office. I almost bought both, but decided on the navy. Now I consider it the most practical dress of my whole wardrobe. There were some other materials made in equally tailored fashion that looked well. The striped seersuckers, of better quality and more unusual weave than usual, had zippers to close them, were well made, very smart. They were the same price. They all come in misses’ sizes. A flat. Clasp a hand around each knee with them about one foot apart. Stretch upward and backward, pulling from lower back and abdomen. Keep shoulders flat and chest out, head well up. Return to position, head and chest forward, abdomen relaxed, and round. Do this four times — rest; repeat altogether 12 times. This strengthens the muscles of the entire back, abdomen, and chest. Exercise 2 — Drop on hands and knees, with your back flat, head up, and fingers turned inward toward each other. Bring right knee back to chest and head downward. Extend right leg backward, reaching upward. At the same time bend elbows, keeping head up and back flat. Lower the body downward until chest almost touches floor. Return to first position. Alternate legs. Do this four times—rest; repeat altogether eight times. This exercises gives coordination, poise and balance. Exercise 3—Sit on the floor with right knee back to chest and hands clasped around the knee and left leg straight. Roll backward with left foot over head; then come up to sitting position, with back absolutely flat and head well up. The knee is used as a leverage to pull backward from and help to straighten the back muscles. The chest should be well out and the abdominal muscles pulled in. Do first position three times, then alternate with other leg three times; rest; repeat altogether 12 times. This is for the muscles of the entire back, neck, head, abdomen and chest. Exercise.—Sink to the knees. Relax head and spine, letting arms hang loosely until trunk is bent forward as far as possible. Begin to raise upward by using the lower back muscles; then pull the trunk slowly upward. At the same time raise upward from the thighs. The arms should slowly move outward as the body raises upward. In the final position the body is upright from the knees, head dropped backward with neck muscles relaxed and arms side downward. Be careful not to tense or hunch the shoulders upward. Return to first position. Do this three times—rest; repeat altogether nine times. This is good for strengthening the upper back, chest, and neck. It also relaxes tension in the same region. Try these exercises to develop a more beautiful back. They are described at length in Afes Laville’s article for today. T. L. D. District 7000 SAILOR DRESS for street or afternoon of navy sheer crepe, the dress with short sleeves and sailor collar that goes over the collarless jacket. The white banding is pique. From a local store. Prince of Wales Wears Caps. There’s been quite a bit of argument pro and con ever since the Prince of Wales was supposed to remark that he intended to wear caps instead of straw hats this summer. To follow through on the story, it seems that he is wearing both. Pictures of him have come through wearing straw hats, pictures are available of the prince in caps. Some of the caps are patterned of the same fabric as his sports clothes. Some are plain, but worn with patterned sports clothes. Here’s a wardrobe that will see you through two weeks almost anywhere. It must be varied, of course, according to whatever sport you’re going to indulge in, and according to where you go. But for most men, these clothes will do. Start with a woolen suit. A blue or gray serge, flannel or tropical worsted will do, and it needn’t be new... the one you’re in spring and early summer is quite all right! You will need it for traveling, and for dark days which occur almost anywhere. The cooler this suit is for most climates, the better. Sports Coat Useful Add a sports coat, Norfolk style, bi-swing jacket, double-breasted, or merely one that takes its distinction from its fabric, which you’ll wear with any other odd trousers you happen to have, with white flannels or ducks, with the trousers to your dark suit. We suggest one pair of white flannels, two pairs of duck trousers, and one pair of odd slacks. This will give you enough for most places, even if you’re not near a tailor and haven’t much opportunity to be freshened up. Your Hat Wardrobe One straw hat, sennit straw, panama or leghorn will be cool for traveling and for street wear. One felt hat for rainy days is necessary. It can be the kind that rolls up, if you prefer. You may need a cap if you’re driving, or a tennis or golf hat if you go in for those sports. Sweaters come in handy, in EXERCISES FOR YOUR BACK A Man’s Basic Outfit for a Two Weeks’ Vacation THE WASHINGTON TIMES. TUESDAY. JUNE 19. 1934 Dark Coat Over Light Dress— or— Light Over Dark By WILMA LA VILLE This month’s “Harper’s Bazaar” has two pages devoted to the dark and light ensembles idea. They recommend light coats over dark dresses or skirts for town, and dark over light for country. But on looking about our own terrain, I find that we do not draw such a fine line. We do like the dark-over-light — light over-dark combinations, but we do not classify them as city and country ideas. Perhaps that’s almost any clime. One lightweight wool turtle neck, and one V neck pullover should be sufficient, the pullover to wear under your sports coat if you need it, and the turtle neck to wear after tennis or golf. Shoes for Sports You’ll need black shoes to wear with your wool suit, one pair of all-white shoes for your sports clothes, golf shoes, and tennis shoes if you play either or both. Socks are pretty much according to what you like, but two pairs black silk, two navy blue and two fancy or sports types should be enough. One belt for your dark suit, and one white or sports belt for your light trousers will be needed too. If you are not in an isolated spot with laundry hard to have done, six white shirts should be enough, with two sports shirts of striped flannel, madras, or some other equally informal material. You’ll need anywhere from two to a dozen neckties, according to your taste and where you are. You’d better take some bows and some four-in-hands, for variety. One swimming outfit should be enough, unless you’re going to the beach where an extra suit is a great comfort. Don’t forget beach robe and beach shoes. Tennis sneakers can double for the latter. You can take evening clothes if you need them, but few summer vacations call for them. The new Palm Beach tuxedo outfit is nice, and will be formal enough practically anywhere in summer. THE SPORTS GRANDANNA is a favorite in Hollywood and is gaining fast here. It’s shown in red and yellow pattern worn with navy wool polo shirt, white Palm Beach coat and dark trousers. All these articles can be purchased at local stores. Because it’s hard to make a dividing line in our delightful city of Washington. At any rate, light and dark combinations are smart, here, and it doesn’t matter which way you do it. The variations are limitless. You can wear a dark dress or a printed dress with a coat of white linen, or white pique, flannel, silk or anything else that happens to go with that particular dress. Velveteen Coat Likewise you can be extremely smart with a dark coat or jacket over a white or light dress. Harper’s Bazaar makes good suggestions, such as a loose dark amber velveteen coat over a light honey silk dress. The same fabrics would be good in other colors, such as beetroot velveteen over very pale pink or white or blue, or green over white or yellow, or sapphire blue over pale blue or white. Then they show a red tie silk coat, belt and scarf over a white dress. Such a combination immediately suggests that if you buy or make a coat, tie and belt of tie silk in any dark or vivid color it can be worn over any white or creamy dress with great success and effect. Odd Pieces Used For the “Light over dark” Embroidery They show a suit of Patou’s with the coat of natural shantung, and the skirt of dark navy. There’s a red tie silk scarf to complete the color scheme, and it’s extremely smart. Doesn’t that give you an idea of what to do what any dark skirt and light jacket you may have? I’m going down town right away and get a navy skirt and red scarf to wear with a white linen tailored jacket that I have. Again the smart magazine shows a brown and white print dress with a white pique coat. This is not so surprising, but to some of us it offers a suggestion for using a white pique coat left from last summer. It will go well with any “white and —” print. White and navy, white and brown, white and black, white and red, white and pastel—any of them are smart with a white coat for street, luncheon or afternoon. For fashion information, call Miss Laville at The Times or write, enclosing self-addressed, stamped envelope. SOFT FULLNESS A beautiful frock of white chiffon is banded and pleated to softly mold the figure to be blow the hipline, when it breaks out into soft fullness. A narrow round yoke extends into tiny sleeves and there is a narrow self-belt, softly tied in front. MANDARIN COAT One of the new cool Mandarin coats that will do duty over clothes of all types, from morning things to dinner dresses, is Of white bangaline lined with thin silk. Sports Bandanna Coming In Two pictures on our page today prove the smartness of the sports bandanna. It’s been worn in Hollywood for some time, but is just beginning to be seen here. Out there, the men wear them about the lot between scenes nearly all the time. Whenever you see a group of men, actors, directors, extras... anybody, you’ll see at least two or three gay scarves or bandannas. Scarves are worn somewhat the same way, in fact are worn for sports sometimes, but are not seen about the studios as much as bandannas. Bright Colors Best Men can choose their favorite colors and combinations, though the plain old cotton bandanna colors seem the best and the most popular. These new squares are of silk, which is much softer to the neck, and better looking. They’re a trifle larger too, so you’ll be sure of a good knot. The bandanna worn by the Washington man in the strip of pictures at the top of this page looks particularly well with his navy wool polo shirt. These soft woolen shirts are popular for golf these days, and are also seen on the beach, are pulled on after tennis, and occasionally are used for very informal riding. Like other polo shirts, they find the majority of this use in other sports than polo. Notice the leather belt this man wears too. It’s of white soft-grained leather with a black design, and is only $1. The blue jersey polo shirt is $2.50, and the bandanna $1.50. They are all available in a local store. For the name of the store showing these articles, call Beau. McAllister at District 7000 TRANSPARENT STRAW Wear a small hat with a brim turned up all the way round unless one should be young and pretty. One charming girl wears such a hat in white transparent straw. The hat perches high on the head and the naive brim is piped with black. A bunch of bright field flowers is high in back. SPORTS. SHOES FOR YACHTING, tennis, golf, men like the soft, springy feel of these shoes with double-thick crepe rubber soles and heels. White or brown elk. From a local store. Tezepaon District 7000 White Silk Shirt and Bow Tie Are idiosyncrasies By BEAU McALLISTER Feet are unattractive. One pair out of every dozen is good looking, or I might say, even passible. When women lounge around on the beaches—or around swimming pools in the summer—most of them wear sandals, or some form of beach shoes. Well, why shouldn’t men? Their feet are even more unsightly. Away over the weekend, I saw two men who apparently realized this fact. At any rate, one of them wore sandals with crudel-shaped fashioned leather soles and striped blue and red cotton tops. There were braided cords to tie them up. The other sandals had soles made of transversal slats of white wood. The tops were of woven straw, very attractive. I inquired and found that they (the sandals) come from the Pyrenees. At Any rate, they have an interesting “peasant” flavor. Mike McConihe affects an interesting carelessness in dress. While he was waiting for a charming young lady the other evening, I had a chance to study his appearance. He had on one of those cool looking gabardine coats in a gray-green, made Norfolk jacket style. He wore white flannel trousers, brown and white sports shoes and a green tie. Jimmie Nolan goes in for white linen coats and blue shirts in a big way. He always looks immaculate. Senator Townsend, of Delaware, is noted for his blue shirts. I am told that he is practically seen in nothing else. Jules Henry, one of the most  HOSPITABLE—HOMELIKE—Now OPEN SHOREHAM?O?& Aval and Leckers for Fishermen —Balt and Tark THE LANKFORD Un Boardwalk, garage, Spring eaten M. B. Quillin, Prop. THE modern; homelike; per- 11Kb U fell 111 W ticos overlooking bay and xean. Reasonable. Mrs. R. J. Dennia. Phone 77. IDYLWILD L.** Briwiiihaae. *' nEI ARAD American Plan. Private 4 bath Ufefe"mAll Beta. rates. Mrs. 8. WARREN WILLIAM sponsors the sports bandanna, a colorful one in navy and red with white lisle shirt from a local store. Bachelors—and an “old-timer,” as far as Washington is concerned, pursues two idiosyncrasies in dress—silk shirts and bow ties. This combination is so exclusive with him that one has but to say, “You know who I mean, the man with the silk shirt and the bow tie”—why, Jules Henry, of course. To see a silk shirt and bow tie is but to think of Jules Henry—and to see Jules Henry is to see a silk shirt and bow tie—ah, me! Robert Jackson has gone the boys who are partial to brown suede shoes, one better. He wears, with his dinner jacket, black suede shoes! Elegance, we call it—just elegance. The average masculine taste in bathing suits is awful. Those one-piece swimming suits that so many insist upon wearing. There ought to be a law against it. Trunks and a jersey—or just plain trunks, are certainly the only thing for swimming. 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