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ON A PERSONAL BIAS by Bernice Peck
TOO NEW, MAYBE: Shucks, here it is Feb. and I have yet to comprehend most of those baffling electronic games and home computers that come one so big at Christmas. The electronic age, to me anyway, is scary, with such little machines of such formidable intelligence. Gad, that tiny calculator that can figure out the distance to Venus—and solve many other problems I didn't even know I had.
As for the whole New Wave movement in music etc., my friend Joes says that admitting I don't understand it—or like it—would label me as over-the-hill. Joe himself is 34, very snobby, very ahead, very superior, and one of these days I just may do hime in.
HAVE A HEART: Didn't your own Pa give your own Ma a red satin heart-box of chocolates on Valentine's Day? It used to be classic, but things have changed.
Less fattening, trendier and certainly more intrinsic, the hearts and heart motifs you see at Steuben. Collector's stuff, designed by sculptors. Crystal, of course, marvelously cut and faceted.
There's one solid chunk with a teardrop prism at its center. And a "Paired Hearts" abstraction for the contemporary art buff. Or my favorite, "Love Object," a romantic token depicting turtledoves tête à tête. Their little wings are spread to create a heart design, and the message is constancy in love, because doves never even consider divorce. (Did you know that?) Prices for these ramble from $165 to about $600.
Then there is that pure heart shape enclosing a teardrop, all framed in a band of 18 karat gold, You'd wear this one pendant from its gold chain. It is, grandly, $2,600. But remember, a heart crystal stays true forever.
WHY SURE IT WOULD: Wouldn't your next trip to Paris, Rome, London be more fun if you knew all (absolutely) about 200 most worthwhile stores and boutiques in those towns? Well, sure. And my rick thrifty friend Margo has just come back, swearing by a little treasure called The Indispensable Shopping Guide. 
Written with skill, brevity and verve by three fashion pros, Leona Bowman, Jo-an Jenkins, Patricia McColl, it is easy to read and a cinch to follow.
Margo, a bargain-sleuth in her own right, claims the Guide covers everything: Like price ranges; ratings of stores for quality/value/chic; discount and markdown tips; how to get to the best hidden-away treasure troves—even without a cab(that's my Margo); where to eat when on the wing and why. Says she saved a bundle—in steps, disappointments and ripoffs. (Published by Athenium, $8.95.)
LET'S FACE IT, the world scarcely needs one more perfume—but I find that there is always room for one that's really special. As in Eprís, which translates to "in love, taken with, charmed," like that. Therefore a perfect Valentine, right? So says its maker, Max Factor, and also that it is "for the woman who knows when not to be too much of a lady." Eprís at $25 the quarter-ounce is a semi-Oriental bundle of flowers in a handsome bottle. It has a rare long-lingering cling, while smelling lovely and extremely expensive. 
SLEEPING PRETTY: What with my fragile ego I prefer not to wake up "natural" which for me is a subtle greenish-gray. And I've come upon a pleasing alternative. 
This is a sheer clear tinge of glowy color that (try to believe me) simply does not fade. Applied tactfully at bedtime on a thoroughly clean skin (cheeks/chin/forehead) it is still right there next dawning. Thus, lurching in to brush my teeth, the mirror gives back and bloomingly rosy kiddo instead of a sallow hag. Convenient—I never know who I may run into. 
The tender bridal blush is in a skinny tube labeled Gel Rouge. By Clinique, a company I can admire for many original beauties plus keeping promise of performance. Which in this instance is, "You can sleep, cry a bucket of tears or walk in the rain in it, Gel Rouge stays put, is removable only with soap and water." Exactly. So if you care, Macy's has it in six shade at $5. Nifty product. 
New Clipper Class Style.
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No more middle seat in out brand new business section.
We've redesigned Clipper Class completely. 
So you'll never get stuck in the middle seat. Or by an elbow.
You'll never be more than one seat from an aisle either.Even if there's a full house.
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What's more, our Clipper Class seats are wider and more comfortable than ever before. In fact, they're the same seats selected for first class on the next generation of jets. The ones dure for delivery around 1985. 
You see, Pan Am's new Clipper Class isn't just an upgraded economy section. It's a totally separate part of the plane especially for business travelers.
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With all the extras you'd expect and a lot you wouldn't.
New Clipper Class is now offered on selected Pan Am 747 routes. And by mid-year, we'll have it on our entire 747 fleet worldwide. 
Ask your Travel Department or us about Pan Am's new Clipper Class.
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