FORM 4 U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
[ ] Check this box if no longer
subject to Section 16, Form 4 or
Form 5 obligations may continue.
See Instruction 1(b).
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment
Company Act of 1940
1. Name and Address
of Reporting Person
Murphy, Joseph
2. Issuer Name
and Ticker or
Trading Symbol
JHPC/JLM
Couture, Inc.
3. IRS or
Social Security
Number of
Reporting
Person
(Voluntary)
4. Statement for
Month/Year
December 1998
5. If
Amendment, Date
of Original
(Month/Year)
6. Relationship of
Reporting Person to
Issuer (Check all applic-
able)
X Director
10% Owner
X Officer (give
title below)
Other
(Specified
below)
President
(Street)
501 Seventh Avenue,
Suite 1014
(City)(State)
(Zip)
New York, NY
10018
Table I - Non-
Derivative
Securities
Acquired,
Disposed of, or
Beneficially
Owned
2. Transaction
Date
(Month/Day/Year)
3. Transaction
Code
(Instr. 8)
Code V
4. Securities Acquired
(A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
Amount (A) or Price
(D)
5. Amount
of
Securities
Beneficia-
lly Owned
at End of
Month
(Instr. 3
and 4)
6.
Ownership
Form:
Direct (D)
or
Indirect
(I)
(Instr. 4)
7.
Nature
of In-
direct
Benef-
icial
Owner-
ship
(Instr.
5)
1. Title of
Security (Instr. 3)
Common Stock
12/22/98
P
200,000 A $2.25
232,934
D
FORM 4 (continued)Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired,
Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options,
convertible securities)
1. Title of
Derivative
Security
(Instr. 3)
2.
Conversion
or
Exercise
Price of
Derivative
Security
3.
Transaction
Date
(Month/Day/
Year)
4.
Transaction
Code
(Instr. 8)
Code V
5. Number
of
Derivative
Securities
Acquired
(A) or
Disposed of
(D) (Instr.
3, 4 and 5)
(A) (D)
6. Date
Exercisable and
Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
Date Expir-
Exerc- ation
isable Date
7. Title and
Amount of
Underlying
Securities
(Instr. 3 and
4)
Amount
or
Number
of
Title Shares
8. Price
of
Derivative
Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of
Derivative
Securities
Beneficially
Owned at End
of Month
(Instr. 4)
10.
Ownership
Form of
Derivative
Security:
Direct (D)
or
Indirect
(I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature
of
Indirect
Beneficial
Ownership
(Instr.5)
Explanation of Responses:
s/Joseph L. Murphy 12/22/98
Signature of Reporting Person Date
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute
Federal Criminal Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be
manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for
procedure.
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