The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 25, 1952, Page 8

Page 8 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Trend In Male Attire Toward Simplicity Departure From Conventional Tailoring And Haberdashery By RELMAN MOR (For Hal Boyle) = men in range of vision, Al ‘o- thirds of them are coatless, with shirt sleeves rolled. Some are working, open-throated, having un- Suttoned their collars and slipped the neckties downward a few inch- 28, as well. Oh, my brother, as Hal Boyle would say, here is a pitiful little rebellion! Here is an eloquent expression of what men think of the modern male costume. Here is the gfim effort to escape from the “busi- hess suit’ and its accessories, which feature built-in discomfort, ‘squeezing and strangulation, guar- anteed to last. Men’s clothes are the supreme idiocy of the 20th Centiry: For instance, consider your neck ‘throat. ' “Afi erste aioe of tender anit attention’ has been tav- 6h tre 0 We : shart aie, PA Ue alice sates sales- wae ay Bi vi vo and lar ad $ MG Neary. ~Bhis' ‘adds up to nine layers of ‘e6tton and silk or substitutes, 1 “wrapped, scratching, stran- ng;<blocking arterial traffic, in- creasing body temperature and raising proper hell. Fully dressed, you are lugging around: between 10 and 15. pounds ‘of fabric and leather. This is at ‘east three times the weight of the average costume of a woman. Moreover, it is neither hand- Big Business Profits Are Greatest Ever Tax Increases Will Cut Net Profits In Most Cases Though First Reports Show By SAM DAWSON , NEW YORK. (P—America’s cor- ; porations had their best money | year on record! ih \195i—before the | tax lector -came along. After that;their net profits show a drop —but not as much as many have | predicted. The first flash flood of earning statements indicates that sales and { gross earnings were at a record ievel in the year just ended, After! federal, state and local tax col-| leetors dipped into gross earnings, | however, net profit is running be-, hind 1950 totals in most manufac- | turing companies, as expected. So | | i | | | i It | | | } Friday, January 25, 1952) Key West High Turns Out In Force GIRLS FROM KEY WEST HIGH lead their band down Duval butions made during the Parade amounted to over $260. Eo ROBERTS OFFICE SUPPLIES and EQUIPMENT 126 Duval Street Phone 250 Valentine Cards for the Family MacARTHUR’S NAME TAKEN FROM BALLOT SPRINGFIELD, Ill. » — The name of Douglas A. MacArthur | was removed from the Illinois Re- | publican presidential primary | ! | | Thursday after an official request | Stationery Bridge Cards from the general. MacArthur said | Portables Sheaffer a = eae entered without | Parker Esterbrook Dans z |Rentals Repairs _Re- Extensive shipbuilding activities Adding Machines | gisters have been resumed in the port of | and Typewriters Leghorn, Italy 1 spEmaR PRICES | " Heart bbe dip TES RA’ WRITE or WIRE i REASONABLE t ROOMS: RESERVATIONS with BATH and TELEPHONE e ° ° a Ritz Pershing Miller ® Hotel Hotel Hotel 192.5 Flagler St. 428 NE. let Ave, 229 NE. dst Ave. ooms jooms Citizen Staff Phot Elevator Elevator Rooms i Solarium Heated Elevator street in the March of Dimes Parade on Saturday. The contri- 3 BLOCKS FROM UNION BUS STATION | far, profits are lagging by only |— 0.6 per cent, however. H Also as expected, the profit pic- ture—on the basis of the first re- turns—is spotty. More utility com-| : panies, for example, show gains ; over 1950 than show declines. Oil companies are expected to fit into | that side of the ledger, too, along! with some steel products, packers. and. most airlines and aircraft builders. Early profit statemen first election results, the trend, not the he President's Cg ie Advisers is timates for 1951 whole.’ Its guesses earnings before taxes of 000,000; whittled down 60 per cent by taxes. Corporations will have $18,100,000,000 left after they settle , with the taxman, the council es- timates. That is $4,700,000,000 less than they netted in 195. Utilities are among the first to report, and the prosperous year for | many of them colors the over-all | picture at the start. Of the t | 17 prominent utility companies re- porting, 1 had a larger net profit 1 | Schukri Poses Puzzler |Stassen Wants ‘Betty Hutton -|Attack On Reds _ Is Divorced WASHINGTON \® — Harold E.| HOLLYWOOD (2 — Betty Hutton Stassen wants the United States|is footloose and fancy free. to wage “a brilliant offensive”) She obtained her final divorce Sati Communism with a propa-| decree Thursday from Ted Briskin, ‘garida effort “10 times as powerful | Chicago camera manufacturer. Be Stylish and Graceful | 8nd 100 times as effective’ as the |Her interlocutory decree was : Voice of America, jganted Jan, 96,, 1951 on gounds iy Stassen, an avowed candidate for;of cruelty. 5 GRAGE @WALKER e Republican presidential nomi-# Betty has d engaged nation, said Thursday night the Senet pregegt,Vpice should be taken out | O’Cerran,. Nob hasale Department and made | while, - 2 atty an independent agency. He said | friefids he wants: experts agree this is the only way | riage until he gets the program can be strengthened. | hold in the industry. | Red Wisteria Soft Caif skin that moulds to your feet ‘some—take a look at the drab,|in 1951 than in 1950. Of the first otal Tmpression created by a mass |26 prominent companies outside of men—nor is it functional. If|the utility field to report net prof- it were, men wouldn’t get out of | its, 15 made less in 1951 than the their coats, ties and collars at the | Year before and 11 made more in first. opportunity, spite of higher taxes, So; ‘why this costume? Taken together, *the first 43 com- I used to think it was the result] panies sampled broke almost even of a vast conspiracy between the '—21 gaining and 22 declining. Most eloth-makers, “tailors, designers, | changes weren’t large either way. middlemen, etc. . . Obviously, the | But eight companies lost ground More fabric, leather and gadgets | Sharply, while four companies reg- (®) Wirephoto SCHUKRI MOHAMMED EL KHATIRI (right) sits in Jonesboro, Ark., with Arkansas State College Dean of Men, Robert Moore, after posing this problem with the college’s officials: What to do with a 20-year-old Arab whose life savings were spent on a trip to the United States for a free college education. He told Moore he took literally a form letter from Arkansas State which stated that “campus life at State is full, free and friendly,” and JOHN C. ROBERTS SHOES Style and Comfort Combined to make the best in men’s shoes Openette White and white mesh sandal . . Combina- tion of kid and nylon to please the eyes APPELROUTH'S SHOE CENTER HOME OF they can pile on the male chassis, the better for the ‘stockholders, But designers tel! me that isn’t a fact. They say that many peo- ple, boh men and women, have had a try at devising a more sen- sible dress for men. None has ever taken hold. For instance, the Australian “bush . jacket” is an eminently al garment. It combines ns of the shirt and: the ‘epat;It-has short s‘eeves, an open se and is worn outside the trousers: It is “about coatdength and loosely belted at the waist. Ittets a man breathe around: the tor and the neck and ghoul- ders, odsitt ns of it have been attempt- dan«this country, the designers med but they were never success- Nobody knows the reason, There is a* sa¥picion’ that the average man is far too timid to break away from: convention. But it may be the liftié woman who insists that hertvan look as much as possible like ‘aif ‘other men, and through prégsuté,’' silent and ise. coitiprésses ‘Him into ‘the old mil, Yeu after panes The “oitly’ noted Stents" Obik in "Caltfoenta* “Ho rapidlyéven in offices, Maybe the trend’ will spread, " Personally, I believe a wonder- ful campaign plank is inherent in this for 1952. . A mah’ who promised reforms in men’s clothing ought to sweep the’ country. Of course, he would be ‘sticking his neck out, and this is not. good politics. ~ N&NRADIO SERVICE SHOP 525 Margaret St. Tel. 152-5 FREE PICKUP and DELIVERY WHATEVER YOUR NEEDS IN THE LINE OF - Children’s TOYS TROPICAL TRADER 718 Duval St. Phone 100i istered strong gains. Their total 1951 net profit of $627,583,032 was only 0.6 per cent Jower than their total earnings of $631,655,774 the previous year forward with $50 additional. decided that Arkansas State was the place for him. Shortly after this.picture was taken things began to look up for Schukri. The Jonesboro Rotary Club agreed to pay the $300 tuition, an un- identified couple offered him housing, and a business man came Red Goose Jéhn C. Roberts “604 DUVAL ST. | ' Grace Walker \ | KPPELROUTH'S SHOE CENTER HOME OF thanks largely to the profit assist | of the utilities, communications, and aircraft makers. The percentage of decline fiom 1950 is expected to rise as more | returns come in—as more of the | industrial. giants report, particu-j larly in those industries hard hit | by raw material curbs or customer / indifference. Nevertheless, the dividend pay- ments to stockholders last year | tery. | jheld remarkably high. Directors} President Truman planned to at-| {of many companies were inclined | tend Episcopal services at Wash- to keep the dividend rates high ingto National Cathedral at 3 p. m. Patterson Will Be WASHINGTON (# — Former Sec- Elizabeth, N. J., will be buried | today in Arlington National Ceme- and retain less of the earnings in! Patterson, who was 60, served as| i the business, in spite of the large demand for cash to finance a vast | 1947. industrial expansion program. | | Dividends paid on common stock | 0.1 per cent from 1950 they paid issues listed on the New York j out $5,466,596,000 in dividends last Exchange declined in 1951 by only ‘year, and $5,470,244,000 in 1950. x Buried Today _ retary of War Robert P. Patterson, | fj] killed in Tuesday’s plane crash at | }} secretary of war between 1945 and | | "Stephen Foster, who popularized | | Flerida’s Suwannee River never saw it. Grace Walker Red Goose John C, Roberts SSS 604-DUVAL ST. | in song, | Fly to Havana Also servation ae Three Flights Daily st OU LTO HAVANA : POW: nd em 952 10:18 A. 11:00 A.M. : es on se 400 PM. is pat, | Scheduled Airlines TO KEY WEST os an < Leave Arrive Faget Mav we hse | Next to Margaret =. oon ae Poe Ann Store EROVIAS “Q” S. A. 955 ROGELIO GOMEZ, Agent Phones: 162 - 448 - 1106 Airport: 482 226 For a Short Time Only! 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