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BROOKLYN EAGLE, FRY, SEPT. 13, 1946 5 What WI MEN Are Paris Influencing American Design? French Finger Again on Our Fashion Pulse With Experts Divided on the Final Outcome By SHIELA McKEON Although our designers are no longer spellbound by the workings of the French couture there are indications that the clothes we wear will soon have French accents superimposed on the functional lines that are typically American. Paris openings this year returned to their pre-war elegancewith the world-known names of Schiaparelli, Molyneux, Lanvin, Mainbocher and Mad Carpenter TYPICALLY NETTIE ROSENSTEIN black rayon and wool faille with V-back exposure and side drape. The neckline in front is jockeying for the position in the Parisian couture. For the first time in years, buyers representing department stores and shops throughout the country were on hand and despite fabulous prices they were buying dozens of French designs indication that we expect some thorough-going exploitation of the costumes this Fall, and Winter.

Taking a one world view of fashion Mrs. Michelle Murphy, is this WILD MINK cocktail dress front turn-back bustle back length belted Rosenstein. boat-shaped. front. curator of the industrial division of the Brooklyn Museum, sees artistic inspiration working on a two circuit hereafter.

Feels a Change "This is definitely a transitional period in women's fashions," she said, "Women haven't yet approved the longer skirt but there is a whole feeling for movement and change. "The French are watching our needs and they are especially interested in our sportswear. BUTTONS trim the cuffs and hem of this three-quarter collarless coat by Nettie The waistline is gathered in Society Patricia Tomorrow-News Abbott and of Robert Marriages, Isner to Wed Engagements By HELEN BROWN Society Editor The marriage of Miss Patricia Abbott, daughter of Mrs. Edna A. Abbott of 101 Clark and Robert Ernest Isner, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Ernest Isner of 215 78th will take place morrow St. Bartholomew's Church. The Rev. Kermit CastelJanos will officiate and a reception will follow at the Hotel Bossert.

Miss Arlene H. North will be maid of honor and Arthur O. Neudoerffer will be best man. Donald J. Fennelly, Harold Young, Jerome Severin and Edward T.

Burns will be the ushers. Brehm--Hopkins Mr. and Mrs. Harold R. Brehm of 175-27 Wexford Terrace, Jamaica Estates, and formerly of Brooklyn, announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Virginia Kathryn Brehm, to Brew.

ster Anderson Hopkins of Belmont, Mass. Miss Brehm attended Holy Innocents School, Mary Louis Academy and "the Berkeley School. Her fiance, son of Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence T.

Hopkins, was graduated from Williston Academy, Massachusetts, class of and served with the air transport command during the war. He is now flight engineer with American Overseas Airlines, Inc. Weinstock-Kaufman Announcement is made of the engagement of Miss Rosalind Weinstock, daughter of Mrs. Lina Weinstock of Philadelphia, and Jess Kaufman, son of Mrs. Alice Kaufman of 64 Lincoln Roa Mr.

Kaufman attended the University of Pennsylvania and New York University. He is a member of Lambda Gamma Phi fraternity and served in the U. S. Navy as a petty officer aboard the battleship U. S.

S. South Dakota. Although many of the new creations are too startling for Americans, the collections were so varied, any number of adaptations are possible." From her, luxurious champagne beige showroom at 550 7th Manhattan, Nettie Rosenstein, one of America's top custom designers, has chosen to close her mental Venetian blinds to Paris altogether. Not Interested "I haven't been to Paris in five years," she said. "I don't know what they are showing," she added with the air of one not to be concerned with trifles.

Mrs. Rosenstein has been making clothes for a quarter of a century and will continue designing outfits that whisper without any Parisian accents. "To be well dressed a woman must never be obvious. Everything she wears must be understated. There must be understatement all the time.

It's like a beautiful woman with a raucous voice," she explained; "clothes must never shout -they must whisper." The hobble skirt that Paris is so enthusiastic about will not get any chill from Mrs. Rosenstein, she indicated. "I think it would be all right-if it's awfully well done. American women are accustomed to a free and easy life." Armour Is Pro- Paris Not quite all American designers are so negative about Paris, however. Charles Armour, who earlier this year translated a collection of black afternoon dresses from typical French designs for Russeks, is distinctly in favor of the Haute Couture.

"I have to keep going to college," Armour says, "and the college of fashion is still indisputably Paris. It's not inspiration for new line or color, but inspiration for better techniques, for more loving care in the matter of workmanship and detail. The French couturiers never think in terms of mass production but in terms of the individual." Speaking of the sartorial trend in our lives, the designer predicted an erasure of the garish and flamboyant. "The trend of today and tomorrow--my recent Paris trip confirmed it -is toward simplicity. Simplicity is the keynote and it is expressed with smooth lines and soft, unassuming design and the trend is as inevitable as tomorrow." Wed Engagements Kirsch-Shafer Miss Betty, Grace Shafer, daughter and Mrs.

Abe Shafer of Brooklyn, was married to Herbert A. Kirsch, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Morris Kirsch, also of Brooklyn, Sept. 1, in the Temple Auditorium.

Rabbi Abraham P. Block and Cantor A. Jassen officiated. Mrs. Henry Leber, sister of the bride, attended her.

Harold Jaffe of Jamaica served as best man. A reception was held in the grill room. Mrs. Kirsch is a graduate of Masontown High School. The bridegroom, a veteran of World War II, is associated with Detecto Scale Corporation, and is attending the College of the City New York.

After a honeymoon in New Hampshire, the couple will reside with the bride's parents. Mr. and Mrs. John Corrie of 985 Albany Ave. announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Catherine Corrie, C.

Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Miller of 2728 Church Ave. Miss Corrie was graduated from Girls High School and Mr. Miller attended Erasmus Hall.

He is with the Commercial Airlines at LaGuardia Field. Mr. Miller served in the European theater for 32 months. -Levere Miss Bonny Lawrence, daughter of Mr. and Joseph rence of 294 E.

55th will be married on Sunday to Herbert M. Levere, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Levere, also of Brooklyn, in the Hotel St. George.

Miss Lawrence attended Pratt Institute. Mr. Levere attended St. John's University and Holy Cross College. He was graduated from midshipman school at Northwestern University and served as an ensign on an LST in the Pacific.

The couple will reside in New Hyde Park after trip to the Adirondacks. A Do We Want A Hobble Skirt? THERE IS REPEATED reference to the hobble silhouette in Paris opening reports; and in American dressmaker collections. while the name is no! used, drapings in some of the more sirenesque of the evening gowns have a tendency to narrow in at the ankles. This silhouette, tapering to the ankles, frankly catches and shortens the stride; it is cited as a relic of 1913. Looking back at the documents of that period, we have sketched here in the center column variations of this "hobbled at ankles" or "hobbled at knees" movement as seen in books of the Fairchild costume library.

Do we want a hobbled silhouette, or in this age of the pursuit of freedom is it a bit too confining? That is the next question. From Women's Wear Daily. Tunic with Hobble Ankle Drape Drape and Balanced Side Drape Wrap over Peplum Knee S44 With a Pickle on Top Pickle Works at Farmingdale Is a Treat to Eyes and Tongue By MARGARET PETTIGREW pervading it all is that sweet perfume of Food Editor blended pickling spice. Looking around the large shopping section Stern's Pickle Products, Melville Road, Farmingdale, is Mecca to the shopper whose you'll see that everything that can be pickled is here for your order. And if you don't see tongue takes to the taste with a tang.

A long, it ask for it. The chances are it's in stock but low, barnlike structure, entered by two double the rush of customers has prevented time out doors, this center will always be our ideal of to make refills. Big cukes and little, sweet the jewelry shop of the grocery trade. See and onions and sour, dills, large small, relishes, the sparkling jars, brimming with gem-toned tongue, peppers, everything is here in every concoctions and you'll get the idea immedisize. You can buy by the gallon or the halfately.

The shelves are heavy with all types pint depending needs. And it is upon your of table delicacies, each noted for its reason- remember that a service to there is a refund able price and its good quality. on every Stern's jug or jar. Opened 42 years ago when the site centered But the pickle is not all. These shelves a great expanse of farm land, Stern's Pickle groan with preserves, jellies, jams and marProducts has sat solid and serene while the malades.

Some of these are restricted in sale, land surrounding it has changed from of course, but at least you can get some of broad fields to thriving communities. In the old everything. There are spices, condiments, days all the products for the pickling vats capers, anchovies, cocktail cherries and an came from neighborhood farms. Today they English-style mince meat that melts in your come from all over the country, depending mouth. Above all there is a tremendous on the season! pride in the quality of the products that grace In back of the self-service center or the the shelves.

Three generations, father, son store proper is a vast array of vats and and grandson, hover over this, their pet, and barrels and all the paraphernalia that goes watch its comings and goings with eagle eyes. with pickling. Hundreds of 50-gallon barrels Open week days from 8 to 5 and on Sunof pickles wait to be opened. Even now days from 10 to an extra service to the some 28 vats, each capable of holding from "tourist trade" Stern's Pickle Products is ur 50 to 75 tons of cabbage, are ready for the visited by as many as a thousand people of krautmaking which begins next week. a Sunday.

They come not only to see the Underneath all this is a cavernous cellar center, but to take advantage of many definite crammed with products for the kitchen, and dividends to the pocketbook. The Menn Apple Juice Cocktail Baked Macaroni Loaf Baked Stuffed Tomatoes Ten-Minute Cabbage Whole Carrots with Lemon Lettuce and Watercress Salad Fruit Compote with Top Milk Coffee Baked Macaroni Loaf nine-ounce package macaroni. cups hot milk 1 cup cracker crumbs 1 teaspoon chopped onion 1 tablespoon chopped green pepper 4 tablespoons fat 1 pimiento, chopped 1 cup grated American cheese teaspoon salt Dash of pepper and cayenne 3 eggs Cook macaroni in boiling salted water until tender. Drain. Scald milk and pour over cracker crumbs.

Fry onion and green pepper in fat for 3 minutes. Stir in milk and cracker crumbs. Add cheese and seasonings. Beat eggs and stir them in also. Lay macaroni lengthwise in a greased loaf pan.

Pour in the sauce and mix through the macaroni very carefully. Set in a pan of hot water and bake at 350 degrees about 45 to 50 minutes or until firm. Remove from oven, loosen sides by running knife around edges. Place serving dish over pan and invert carefully. Surround with vegetables and serve.

Serves six. Contemporary Comment By RUTH G. DAVIS Two visits to St. John's Hospital you hear that Mrs. Dexter Ralph on June 6, 1927.

She was born visit was on Sept. 4, this year, son was born. Mrs. Davison is the former Miss Janet Arpert, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Eric Arpert of 974 Sterling Place. Jane Davison is a member of the Babies' Alumni Association. She was enrolled at her (birth and has been a member ever since as is her brother, Eric Sheridan Arpert, and her sister, Mrs. Christen 'Skaar (Dorothy Poole Arpert) -and now the latest member of the family, Dexter Junior, has joined the association. Janet and her husband are residents of Washington, D.

C. They spent the Summer at Rutland, but returned to hometown Brooklyn for the arrival of their son. Dexter at the moment is quite a heart breaker with his straight black hair and uncertain colored eyes. Guess Who? Have you seen the beautiful engagement ring a certain D. C.

gave his fiancee? It is one of the most stunning we have seen in many a day. 'Tis said that the three carat diamond originally belonged to the young man's grandmother. In case you have not guessed on whose hand it is seen-we'll tell you the gal is in her senior year at Vassar. Necessity Rides a Van One of the strangest sightstwo dignified not-too-young la- doesn't sound a bit odd until Davison made the first visit in the hospital. Now, her second when her son, Dexter Ralph Davi- dies riding on a moving van.

It seems that M. C. and F. H. are storing their furniture, deciding to spend their time between their country home in Smallwood, N.

and Florida. They didn't want to be parted too long. a planned time to from stay here Brooklyn, during so part of October, leaving their trunk at a friend's house, where they will visit during that time. All was well arranged and then the trucking strike at them. They couldn't get struck even one to take their trunk to the friend's home.

The drivers of the storage van came to their rescue, offered to take the trunk of these women to its destination and invited them to drive with them. This was too much, they couldn't refuse such a kind invitation. Larsen -Pedersen Ruth Pedersen, daughter Mr. and Mrs. John Pedersen of 237 3d was married on Sept.

7 in Trinity Lutheran Church to Arthur H. Larsen of 339 53d St. The Rev. Richard Evenson officiated. bride was attended by her sister, Miss Elaine Pedersen, and Miss Alice Egland.

Leif Poll was best man. A reception followed at the Pedersen home. Kelly- -Froehlich Miss Florence Mary Froehlich, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis of 2588 Bedford was married Saturday to mond S.

Kelly an army vettoleran of Pacific. four and The a half bridegroom's years in parents live at 33 Westminster Road. The wedding took place in St. Jerome's R. C.

Church with Father Martin officiating. A reception followed at Oetjens Restaurant. Harold Kelly was best man for his brother. Miss Margaret Kiernan was maid of honor. Ushers were Raymond Jarozzo and James Kiernan.

Tedesco John J. Nelson of 642A St. Mark's Ave. announces the marriage last Saturday of his daughter, Miss Dorothy Nelson, to Charles Tedesco, son of Mrs. Lucy Tedesco of 237 Prospect Place.

Mr. Tedesco served in the United States Army for one year. The, ceremony was performed the bridegroom's cousin, the Rev. Robert Testagrossa, at St. Teresa R.

C. Church, and was followed by a reception at Oetjens Restaurant: The bride's niece, Miss Doris Mahoney, was her maid of honor. The bridegroom's brother, Andrew, was his best man. Ushers were Gino Manna and Robert E. Ross.

Following a honeymoon trip the couple will live in Brooklyn. Bollander-Gonzales Miss Marina E. Gonzales of Newark, N. was married Sept. 6 to John L.

Bollander, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Bollander of 7402 65th St.

A reception was held at the bride's home. The couple went to the Poconos on their wedding trip. The bridegroom is a veteran of the Pacific and rates 11 battle stars. He is now serving on the U. S.

S. George K. MacKenzie. LUNCHTIME Mr. and Mrs.

Mark H. Dall are shown in the Persian Room of the Plaza, Manhattan. Mrs. Dall is the former Miss Pauline T. Kingsland of Woodmere.

Mary Haworth: Mail How Days to Are Spend Numbered- Time? DEAR MARY HAWORTHMay a Britisher, present my compliments and greetings all the way from London, England? Possibly, maybe probably, you can advise me, and I cer. tainly would appreciate your courtesy. I had better explain that I am a sadly disabled of the veteran. most forgotten war of 1914-18, and that means I've undergone 29 long years of physical dis- Mary Haworth tress and not a little pain. Today, in addition to their usual shake of the head following personal examination, doctore say "Acute nephritis" (kidney inflammation), and "Better) take things easy--or else." Well.

now, I don't mind the least bit. but when "shadows gather on the horizon" one begins to ponder on matters. Prefers U. S. A.

Now, with time maybe short, wish to ask: How would you or your readers spend the remaining period? In vain regrets? In anxious promises to reform while one can? Or just in philosophic acceptance of what is to come? Anyway, I find forgetfulness and comfort in reading papers and magazines from the United States, when I am lucky enough to get any. That's how I saw your column. And I guess when the "last horn" does sound for me, given choice of destination -Paradise or the United StatesI'd choose the land behind Miss Liberty. That were paradise enough. Sincerely yours, E.

G. Abide in Love DEAR' E. you for your beautiful tribute to our country. Verily it has the potentials of paradise, if only the world could be tranquillized. As for your questions: I be.

lieve with the poets John Luckey McCreery and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that "there is no -in the sense of individual spiritual configuration ceasing to be. As McCreery says in words of light, "There is no death! The stars go down to rise upon some other shore, and bright in heaven's jeweled crown they shine forevermore And ever near us, though unseen, the dear immortal spirits tread; for all the boundless universe is Lifethere are no dead." Longfellow has the same conviction: "There is no death! What seems so is transition; this life of mortal breath is but a suburb of the life elysian whose portal we call Death." Since are somewhat a poet yourself, in language and feeling, it seems to me the prescient report of these two kindred minds should evoke affirmative echo in your consciousness and sustain you in philosophic acceptance of what is to come, when your thoughts revert to the subject. Don't Use Irony As for "vain regrets," it has been said: There are two things we should never worry about. One, the thing we can help. The other, the thing we can't help.

If, in this time of stocktaking, you have means or opportunity, to make amends for mistakes, do so as a matter of course for the sense of wellbeing it will give you. And on this score, remember that "charity covers a multitude of sins." Charity, in the true sense, is compassionate love, finding expression in tones and thoughts and acts of kindness toward all who figure one's daily experiences. "Thou shalt love, thy neighbor as thyself there is no other commandment greater," said Jesus in pointing the way to salvation. And the disciple John in his latter days had reduced his preaching to the message, "Little children, love one another." Surely there is sufficient instruction on how to spend your time henceforth. Exemplary conduct in the here and now is the best atonement for past transgressions.

As for "anxious promises to reform while one can." that's pure irony, of course. But don't use irony as a cloak for genuine distress of conscience, if such you feel. Turn to the Bible to the Gospels and Psalms particularly-for the spiritual strength and comfort that wait you there. Read very much as impulse dictates until certain passages speak directly to you, with tender voice, as the Bible invariably does to humble seekers of its light and joy giving truth. M.

H. WHEN OUT OF TOWN REGISTER FROM BROOKLYN.