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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 01, 1961
Page
6
Marc Bohan, Dior's former London designer, tops the couture scene after ousting Yves St Laurent during Dior’s leadership transition. In New York, Bohan promotes the Dior-New York fall and winter line with low necks and simple, youthful silhouettes while courting major department stores and media attention.
Advertisement for Pattern 4851 showing two skirt styles and a boxy jacket in cotton or linen. Includes sizes 10 to 18 with yardage for slim and full skirts and a $0.50 order price. Mail to Anne Adams, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St New Toronto Ontario. Also promotes a Spring-Summer 1961 fashion show and catalog with patterns, offering 35 cents for the catalog.
The article notes gowns favor hems low at the waist with pleated skirts and bright colors, while designer Bohan favors evolution over radical change and casual elegance for active life. Yves Saint Laurent, back in Paris from exile, sues Dior for 120000 over a breach of contract and plans to start his own fashion house.
A concise explainer contrasting billion dollar sums with everyday finance. The piece uses two visual aids from Sylvia Porter and a hypothetical annual loss of a business to illustrate the scale. The author notes government budgets differ from free enterprise pressures and highlights the challenge of measuring vast sums.
A column of etiquette tips covers responses to condolences, table manners such as handling sticky water and finger bowls, dessert service, and removing utensils before desserts. It also advises timely wedding gift acknowledgments and notes spring activity in the suburbs.
The column recalls fan mail from Ontario and beyond, personal advice about family problems, and reflections on spring work and renewal. The writer notes a friend in a hospital on the fourth floor, the lure of slacks and vanity, and skepticism toward costly beauty treatments while praising aging’s charm.
Three nearly life sized automata by Pierre Jaquet Droz and son travel to America with Prof Edmond Droz. The "Lady musician" plays an 18th century organ while the "Writer" pens lines and the "Artist" sketches portraits. One doll requires 100 hours of repair.
The article recounts French upheaval sending figures to England then Spain where they were lost for a decade. Napoleon agents rediscovered and reassembled them in Paris, touring Europe for nearly a century before sale to Neuchatel Museum. Ambassador Blanc notes each doll insured at $60,000 and Swiss officials urged a US stop with Professor Droz to honor America friendship.
Advertisement for baby summer suits using remnants in seersucker nylon and light cotton. Includes pattern 842 transfer for 8 month to 18 month sizes with instructions and state size. Request 35 cents via postal note to Laura Wheeler, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St New eer Ont. Also promotes 1981 Needlecraft Catalog with 125 designs and free veil cap instructions. 25 cents urging prompt response.
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